Where does “fantasiaroolipeli” come from?
fantasiaroolipeli (Finnish) comes from Finnish roolipeli, from Finnish rooli, from German rolle, from French rôle, from Middle French rolle, from Old French role, from Medieval Latin rotulus, from Latin rotula — ingot.
fantasiaroolipeli (Finnish): fantasy role-playing game, fantasy role game
Definitions
- fantasy role-playing game, fantasy role game
Ancestry of “fantasiaroolipeli”, step by step
fantasiaroolipeli traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish roolipeli
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | roolipeli | role-playing game |
| 2 | Finnish | rooli | role |
| 3 | German | rolle | inflection of rollen: ## first-person singular... |
| 4 | French | rôle | role; character |
| 5 | Middle French | rolle | role |
| 6 | Old French | role | roll; scroll |
| 7 | Medieval Latin | rotulus | a roll, list, catalogue, schedule, record, a... |
| 8 | Latin | rotula | a small wheel; roll |
| 9 | Arabic | رَطْل | — |
| 10 | Classical Syriac | ܪܝܛܠܐ | — |
| 11 | Classical Syriac | ܠܝܛܪܐ | libra, pound |
| 12 | French | litre | litre |
| 13 | Medieval Latin | litra | — |
| 14 | Ancient Greek | λίτρα | litra, a Sicilian silver coin; libra, a unit of... |
| 15 | Proto-Italic | *līðrā | ingot |
via Finnish fantasia
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | fantasia | fantasy |
| 2 | Latin | fantasia | Alternative form of phantasia |
| 3 | Latin | phantasia | fancy, idea, notion; fantasy; phantom,... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | φαντασία | look, appearance, presentation, display; showy... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | φᾰ́ντᾰσῐς | — |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | φᾰντᾰ́ζω | make visible; to make visible, show; to become... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | φαίνω | I cause to appear, bring to light; I show,... |
| 8 | English | -type | impressed form; stamp; print; typical form; Used... |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | τύπος | A blow, pressing; The results of a blow: mark,... |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | τύπτω | to beat, strike, smite; to beat, strike oneself |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)tewp- | to push, to stick |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)tew- | to push, to hit |