Where does “kompura” come from?
kompura (Finnish) comes from Finnish kompressori, from English compressor, from English compress, from Middle French compresse, from Late Latin compressare, from Latin compressus, from Latin comprimō, from Latin cōn- — resin.
kompura (Finnish): clumsy, gawky, hobbling
Definitions
- clumsy, gawky, hobbling
Ancestry of “kompura”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kompressori | compressor device that produces pressure or compresses gases |
| 2 | English | compressor | A device that produces pressure, such as a gas... |
| 3 | English | compress | To make smaller; to press or squeeze together, or... |
| 4 | Middle French | compresse | — |
| 5 | Late Latin | compressare | to press hard/together |
| 6 | Latin | compressus | compressed, restrained, repressed |
| 7 | Latin | comprimō | to compress (squeeze together) |
| 8 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 9 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 10 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 14 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 15 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 16 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 17 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 18 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |