Where does “kompostointi” come from?
kompostointi (Finnish) comes from Finnish kompostoida, from Finnish komposti, from Swedish kompost, from French compost, from Medieval Latin compostum, from Latin compositum, from Latin compositus, from Latin compono — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
kompostointi (Finnish): composting
Definitions
- composting
Ancestry of “kompostointi”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kompostoida | To compost |
| 2 | Finnish | komposti | compost |
| 3 | Swedish | kompost | compost |
| 4 | French | compost | compost, natural fertilizer produced by decaying... |
| 5 | Medieval Latin | compostum | — |
| 6 | Latin | compositum | inflection of compositus: ##... |
| 7 | Latin | compositus | ordered, arranged, regular, matching; composed,... |
| 8 | Latin | compono | I arrange, compile, compose, make up; I... |
| 9 | Latin | com- | allomorph of con- |
| 10 | Latin | con- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing... |
| 11 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 12 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 13 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 16 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 17 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 18 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 19 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 20 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 21 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 22 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |