Where does “elektroniikkaromu” come from?

elektroniikkaromu (Finnish) comes from Finnish elektroniikka, from English electronics, from English -ics, from English -ic, from English image, from French image, from Portuguese imagem, from Spanish imagen — in.

elektroniikkaromu (Finnish): e-waste

Definitions

  1. e-waste

Ancestry of “elektroniikkaromu”, step by step

elektroniikkaromu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish elektroniikka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishelektroniikkaelectronics
2EnglishelectronicsThe study and use of electrical devices that...
3English-icsForms nouns referring to fields of knowledge or...
4English-icUsed to form adjectives from nouns with the...
5EnglishimageAn optical or other representation of a real...
6Frenchimagepicture, image; frame; first-person singular...
7Portugueseimagemimage; picture; figure; image; image; face
8Spanishimagenimage
9Italianimmagineimage; imago
10Latinimāginem
11Latinim-Alternative form of in-; form of "in"; in
12Latinīn-un-, non-, not
13Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
14Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
15Proto-Italicenin
16Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

via Finnish romu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishromuscrap, junk, especially one that consists of...
2Finnish-uForms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and...
3Proto-Finnic-uForms nouns from adjectives, nouns
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁énEvery word from Latin īn-Every word from Proto-Italic en
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