Where does “elitistisyys” come from?
elitistisyys (Finnish) comes from Finnish elitistinen, from Finnish elitisti, from French élitiste, from French élite, from French élit, from Old French eslit, from Old French elire, from Latin eligere — Deictic particle, here; Post-positional...
elitistisyys (Finnish): elitistness
Definitions
- elitistness
Ancestry of “elitistisyys”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | elitistinen | elitist |
| 2 | Finnish | elitisti | elitist |
| 3 | French | élitiste | elitist |
| 4 | French | élite | elite |
| 5 | French | élit | third-person singular present indicative of... |
| 6 | Old French | eslit | chosen, elected |
| 7 | Old French | elire | — |
| 8 | Latin | eligere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 9 | Latin | eligo | I choose, I pluck or root out, extract; I pick... |
| 10 | Latin | e- | Alternative form of ex-; out of; out, utterly |
| 11 | Latin | ex- | out, away; throughout; thoroughly |
| 12 | Latin | e | The name of the letter "E"; out of, from |
| 13 | Latin | ex | A name of the letter "X"; out of, from |
| 14 | Latin | commūnicō | to impart, share |
| 15 | Latin | commūnis | common, commonplace, ordinary, general, universal, shared, shared alike, of both sides, belonging to two or more together |
| 16 | Old Latin | com(m)oinis | — |
| 17 | Proto-Italic | kommoinis | common |
| 18 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱom-moy-ni- | held in common |
| 19 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 20 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |