Where does “kanta-aliupseeri” come from?
kanta-aliupseeri (Finnish) comes from Finnish aliupseeri, from Finnish upseeri, from Swedish officer, from German Offizier, from Old French officer, from Medieval Latin officiarius, from Latin officium, from Latin opificium — Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
kanta-aliupseeri (Finnish): active-duty non-commissioned officer, full-time non-commissioned officer
Definitions
- active-duty non-commissioned officer, full-time non-commissioned officer
Ancestry of “kanta-aliupseeri”, step by step
kanta-aliupseeri traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish aliupseeri
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | aliupseeri | A non-commissioned officer; an NCO. The NCO ranks... |
| 2 | Finnish | upseeri | officer; either a queen, knight, bishop or rook |
| 3 | Swedish | officer | officer, a military person of "fänrik" grade or... |
| 4 | German | Offizier | officer, commissioned officer; any chess piece... |
| 5 | Old French | officer | officer |
| 6 | Medieval Latin | officiarius | officer |
| 7 | Latin | officium | duty, service; office; obligation, an obligatory... |
| 8 | Latin | opificium | work |
| 9 | Latin | opifex | Someone who does work (especially creative or constructive); worker, maker, framer, fabricator, workman, mechanic, artificer, craftsman, inventor, artist, artisan |
| 10 | Latin | faciō | to do |
| 11 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 12 | Latin | -tōrius | ory |
| 13 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 14 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |