Where does “kalifaatti” come from?

kalifaatti (Finnish) comes from Swedish kalifat, from French califat, from French -ât, from Latin -ātus, from Proto-Italic -ātos, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos — Forms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality.

kalifaatti (Finnish): caliphate

Definitions

  1. caliphate

Ancestry of “kalifaatti”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishkalifatcaliphate
2Frenchcalifatcaliphate
3French-ât"A suffix denoting the third-person singular...
4Latin-ātused
5Proto-Italic-ātos—
6Proto-Indo-European-éh₂tosForms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos →Every word from Latin -ātus →Every word from French -ât →