Where does “drive-in-elokuvateatteri” come from?
drive-in-elokuvateatteri (Finnish) comes from Finnish elokuvateatteri, from Finnish teatteri, from Swedish teater, from German Theater, from French théâtre, from Middle French théâtre, from Old French theatre, from Latin theātrum — Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
drive-in-elokuvateatteri (Finnish): drive-in movie theater
Definitions
- drive-in movie theater
Ancestry of “drive-in-elokuvateatteri”, step by step
drive-in-elokuvateatteri traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish elokuvateatteri
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | elokuvateatteri | movie theater, cinema |
| 2 | Finnish | teatteri | theatre UK, theater US |
| 3 | Swedish | teater | theatre; a theatre |
| 4 | German | Theater | theater; theatrical company, troupe, theater... |
| 5 | French | théâtre | theatre; a movie theater |
| 6 | Middle French | théâtre | — |
| 7 | Old French | theatre | Alternative form of teatre |
| 8 | Latin | theātrum | A theatre or theater, playhouse; stage |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | θέατρον | theatre, gathering place; play, spectacle |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | -τρον | Forms instrument nouns |
| 11 | Proto-Hellenic | -tron | Forms instrument nouns from verb stems |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -trom | Forms nouns denoting a tool or instrument |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | -tḗr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
via Finnish drive-in
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | drive-in | drive-in any establishment providing drive-in service |
| 2 | English | drive-in | Providing service to patrons who remain in their... |
| 3 | English | drive | Motivation to do or achieve something; ability... |
| 4 | English | -er | A person or thing that does an action indicated... |
| 5 | Middle English | -er | agentive suffix; agent noun suffix |
| 6 | Old French | -er | Alternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;... |
| 7 | Latin | -āre | first conjugation |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 12 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |