Where does “dominoefekti” come from?
dominoefekti (Finnish) comes from Finnish efekti, from Latin effectus, from Latin efficiō, from Latin ex, from Latin commūnicō, from Latin commūnis, from Old Latin com(m)oinis, from Proto-Italic kommoinis — resin, gum; to say, speak.
dominoefekti (Finnish): domino effect
Definitions
- domino effect
Ancestry of “dominoefekti”, step by step
dominoefekti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish efekti
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | efekti | effect |
| 2 | Latin | effectus | made out, worked out, completed, finished,... |
| 3 | Latin | efficiō | to make out or work out; effect, execute, complete, accomplish, make, form, compose |
| 4 | Latin | ex | A name of the letter "X"; out of, from |
| 5 | Latin | commūnicō | to impart, share |
| 6 | Latin | commūnis | common, commonplace, ordinary, general, universal, shared, shared alike, of both sides, belonging to two or more together |
| 7 | Old Latin | com(m)oinis | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | kommoinis | common |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱom-moy-ni- | held in common |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 12 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 13 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 14 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 15 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 16 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
via Finnish domino
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | domino | dominoes; a domino |
| 2 | French | domino | dominoes; a domino set; a domino tile |
| 3 | Medieval Latin | domino | — |
| 4 | Latin | Dominus | the Lord; Lord; The Lord |
| 5 | Latin | domus | house, home; any building or abode; native place,... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | domos | house, home |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | dṓm | home; house |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | dem- | to build; to arrange, to put together |