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Where does “insinööritaito” come from?

insinööritaito (Finnish) comes from Finnish insinööri, from Swedish ingenjör, from French ingénieur, from Old French engigneor, from Latin ingeniator, from Latin ingeniārius, from Latin ingenium, from Latin gignere — to produce, to beget, to give birth.

insinööritaito (Finnish): engineering; engineering skills

Definitions

  1. engineering; engineering skills

Ancestry of “insinööritaito”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishinsinööriengineer; an engineering degree granted by a...
2Swedishingenjörengineer
3Frenchingénieurengineer; conductor
4Old Frenchengigneordeceiver; one who deceives; engineer
5Latiningeniatorengineer
6Latiningeniārius—
7Latiningeniuminnate or natural quality, natural character;...
8Latingigneresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
9Latingenereablative singular of genus; to beget, produce
10Latingenusbirth, origin, lineage, descent; kind, type,...
11Proto-Italicgenoslineage, origin
12Proto-Indo-Europeanǵénh₁osrace, lineage
13Proto-Indo-Europeanǵenh₁-to produce, to beget, to give birth
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