Where does “henkirakuunarykmentti” come from?
henkirakuunarykmentti (Finnish) comes from Finnish rakuunarykmentti, from Finnish rakuuna, from Swedish dragon, from French estragon, from French estargon, from French targon, from Latin tarcon, from Latin altarcon.
henkirakuunarykmentti (Finnish): dragoon guards regiment; a regiment of dragoons who guarded the monarch or a sovereign
Definitions
- dragoon guards regiment; a regiment of dragoons who guarded the monarch or a sovereign
Ancestry of “henkirakuunarykmentti”, step by step
henkirakuunarykmentti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish rakuunarykmentti
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | rakuunarykmentti | dragoon regiment |
| 2 | Finnish | rakuuna | dragoon; tarragon |
| 3 | Swedish | dragon | a dragoon; the perennial herb tarragon; leaves of... |
| 4 | French | estragon | tarragon |
| 5 | French | estargon | — |
| 6 | French | targon | — |
| 7 | Latin | tarcon | — |
| 8 | Latin | altarcon | — |
| 9 | Arabic | طَرْخُون | tarragon; "Artemisia dracunculus" |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | δρακόντιον | edder-wort |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | Δράκων | Draco |
| 12 | Ancient Greek | δέρκομαι | to see, see clearly; to watch; to live |
| 13 | Proto-Hellenic | *dérkomai | — |