Where does “kaupungininsinööri” come from?
kaupungininsinööri (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.
kaupungininsinööri (Finnish): city engineer
Definitions
- city engineer
Ancestry of “kaupungininsinööri”, step by step
kaupungininsinööri traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish insinööri
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | insinööri | engineer; an engineering degree granted by a... |
| 2 | Swedish | ingenjör | engineer |
| 3 | French | ingénieur | engineer; conductor |
| 4 | Old French | engigneor | deceiver; one who deceives; engineer |
| 5 | Latin | ingeniator | engineer |
| 6 | Latin | ingeniārius | an engineer |
| 7 | Latin | ingenium | innate or natural quality, natural character;... |
| 8 | Latin | gignere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 9 | Latin | genere | ablative singular of genus; to beget, produce |
| 10 | Latin | genus | birth, origin, lineage, descent; kind, type,... |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | genos | lineage, origin |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵénh₁os | race, lineage |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵenh₁- | to produce, to beget, to give birth |
via Finnish kaupunki
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kaupunki | town; city |
| 2 | Old Gutnish | kaupungr | marketplace |
| 3 | Old Norse | kaupangr | marketplace |
| 4 | Old Norse | kaup | purchase |
| 5 | Old Norse | kaupa | to buy |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | kaupōną | to buy; trade |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | kaupô | innkeeper; merchant |
| 8 | Latin | caupo | Tradesman; Innkeeper, shopkeeper |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kaup- | — |