Where does “ensilentokuori” come from?
ensilentokuori (Finnish) comes from Finnish ensilento, from Finnish lento, from Italian lento, from Spanish lento, from Galician -ura, from Latin -ura, from Latin -tūra — ing, -ure, -work.
ensilentokuori (Finnish): first flight cover
Definitions
- first flight cover
Ancestry of “ensilentokuori”, step by step
ensilentokuori traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish ensilento
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | ensilento | maiden flight the first flight of an airplane |
| 2 | Finnish | lento | flying, flight; flight; lento |
| 3 | Italian | lento | slow |
| 4 | Spanish | lento | slow |
| 5 | Galician | -ura | -ness |
| 6 | Latin | -ura | Suffix forming abstract nouns from adjectives |
| 7 | Latin | -tūra | ing, -ure, -work |
via Finnish kuori
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kuori | skin; peel; shale |
| 2 | Old Swedish | kor | — |
| 3 | Old Norse | kórr | — |
| 4 | Latin | chorus | chorus (all forms); a performance with dancing and singing; a troop or band of dancers and singers; performers |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | χορός | dance ring, round dance; dance accompanied by... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰer- | to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines |