Where does “kaukopartio” come from?
kaukopartio (Finnish) comes from Finnish partio, from Swedish parti, from Old Swedish parti, from French partie, from French partir, from Middle French partir, from Old French partir, from Latin partiō — passed , crossed.
kaukopartio (Finnish): long-range patrol; a military detachment operating independently behind enemy lines, typically conducting commando, intelligence-gathering, sabotage, and similar operations
Definitions
- long-range patrol; a military detachment operating independently behind enemy lines, typically conducting commando, intelligence-gathering, sabotage, and similar operations
Ancestry of “kaukopartio”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | partio | patrol; scouting; fireteam |
| 2 | Swedish | parti | party; a side in an argument; a game of e.g.... |
| 3 | Old Swedish | parti | — |
| 4 | French | partie | part; party; game, play |
| 5 | French | partir | to share, to share out, to divide; to go away,... |
| 6 | Middle French | partir | to leave; to divide up |
| 7 | Old French | partir | to leave; to divide up |
| 8 | Latin | partiō | to share, part, apportion; divide, distribute |
| 9 | Latin | pars | part, side, piece, share; some; faction |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |