Where does “kevytmargariini” come from?

kevytmargariini (Finnish) comes from Finnish margariini, from Swedish margarin, from French margarine, from French -ine, from French -é, from Middle French -é, from Old French -é, from Latin -a.

kevytmargariini (Finnish): low-fat margarine

Definitions

  1. low-fat margarine

Ancestry of “kevytmargariini”, step by step

kevytmargariini traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish margariini

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmargariinimargarine
2Swedishmargarinmargarine
3Frenchmargarinemargarine
4French-inefeminine singular of -in; female equivalent of...
5Frenchpast participle root verb suffix of regular -er...
6Middle Frenchpast participle root verb suffix of regular; -ed, -en, -n
7Old Frenchused to form past participles of regular -er...
8Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
9Proto-ItalicForms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases
10Proto-Indo-European-éh₂

via Finnish kevyt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkevytlight, lightweight
2Finnishkeveälightweight
3Proto-Finnickepedälight, of little weight
4Proto-Uralickepälight, of little weight
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂Every word from French -ineEvery word from Latin -a