Where does “indeksitapaus” come from?
indeksitapaus (Finnish) comes from Finnish indeksi, from Latin index, from Latin dīcō, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus, from Latin disserere, from Latin dis- — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
indeksitapaus (Finnish): index case first documented patient in a disease epidemic
Definitions
- index case first documented patient in a disease epidemic
Ancestry of “indeksitapaus”, step by step
indeksitapaus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish indeksi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | indeksi | index |
| 2 | Latin | index | A pointer, indicator; The index finger,... |
| 3 | Latin | dīcō | to say, talk, speak, utter, mention |
| 4 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 5 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 6 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 7 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 8 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 9 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 10 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via Finnish tapaus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | tapaus | event, incident, occurrence, occasion; case,... |
| 2 | Finnish | tavata | to meet; to meet up; to find, to catch |
| 3 | Swedish | stava | to spell; to write the individual letters of a... |
| 4 | Swedish | stav | a staff, a rod; a letter |
| 5 | Old Swedish | staver | staff, cane |
| 6 | Old Norse | stafr | staff |
| 7 | Proto-Norse | ᛋᛏᚼᛒᚼ | — |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | stabaz | staff, stick |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | stebʰ- | to stand still; to harden |