Where does “kategoriavirhe” come from?
kategoriavirhe (Finnish) comes from Finnish kategoria, from Late Latin categoria, from Ancient Greek κατηγορία, from Ancient Greek κατηγορέω, from Ancient Greek -έω, from Proto-Indo-European -éyeti, from Proto-Indo-European -yeti — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.
kategoriavirhe (Finnish): category mistake
Definitions
- category mistake
Ancestry of “kategoriavirhe”, step by step
kategoriavirhe traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kategoria
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kategoria | category |
| 2 | Late Latin | categoria | class of predicables; accusation; predicament |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | κατηγορία | charge, accusation; predication, category |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | κατηγορέω | to speak against, especially before judges, to... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -έω | Used to form verbs from nouns, adjectives and... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -éyeti | Forms causative imperfective verbs from roots;... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -yeti | Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots |
via Finnish virhe
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | virhe | mistake; error; flaw |