Where does “insinööritoimisto” come from?

insinööritoimisto (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.

insinööritoimisto (Finnish): engineering office, engineering company, engineering consultancy, engineering firm

Definitions

  1. engineering office, engineering company, engineering consultancy, engineering firm

Ancestry of “insinööritoimisto”, step by step

insinööritoimisto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish insinööri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishinsinööriengineer; an engineering degree granted by a...
2Swedishingenjörengineer
3Frenchingénieurengineer; conductor
4Old Frenchengigneordeceiver; one who deceives; engineer
5Latiningeniatorengineer
6Latiningeniāriusan engineer
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

via Finnish toimisto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtoimistooffice
2FinnishToimichore, task, job, duty
3Finnishtoimichore, task, job, duty; activities, business,...
4Proto-Finnictoimiwork, task, chore
5Proto-Finnictoodakto bring
6Proto-Uralictoxe-to bring, give
7Hungarian-ikSpecifies "which" one of a specific set of...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁-Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵénh₁osEvery word from Proto-Italic genos
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