Where does “koksaamo” come from?
koksaamo (Finnish) comes from Finnish koksata, from Finnish koksi, from Swedish koks, from English cokes, from English coke, from English cocaine, from English -ine, from French -ine.
koksaamo (Finnish): coke oven, coke furnace; or a processing plant with such
Definitions
- coke oven, coke furnace; or a processing plant with such
Ancestry of “koksaamo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | koksata | to coke |
| 2 | Finnish | koksi | coke |
| 3 | Swedish | koks | coke (carbon fuel) |
| 4 | English | cokes | plural of coke; A simpleton; a dupe; Third-person... |
| 5 | English | coke | Solid residue from roasting coal in a coke oven;... |
| 6 | English | cocaine | An addictive drug derived from coca or prepared... |
| 7 | English | -ine | Of or pertaining to; Used to form demonyms;... |
| 8 | French | -ine | feminine singular of -in; female equivalent of... |
| 9 | French | -é | past participle root verb suffix of regular -er... |
| 10 | Middle French | -é | past participle root verb suffix of regular; -ed, -en, -n |
| 11 | Old French | -é | used to form past participles of regular -er... |
| 12 | Latin | -a | suffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent... |
| 13 | Proto-Italic | -ā | Forms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂ | — |