Where does “lannoitusaine” come from?
lannoitusaine (Finnish) comes from Finnish lannoitus, from Finnish lannoittaa, from Finnish lanta, from Esperanto lante, from Esperanto lanta, from Ido lenta, from French lent, from Italian lento — ing, -ure, -work.
Ancestry of “lannoitusaine”, step by step
lannoitusaine traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish lannoitus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | lannoitus | fertilization adding nutrients |
| 2 | Finnish | lannoittaa | To fertilize; To manure, dung |
| 3 | Finnish | lanta | Animal feces used as fertilizer; manure, dung;... |
| 4 | Esperanto | lante | slowly |
| 5 | Esperanto | lanta | slow |
| 6 | Ido | lenta | slow |
| 7 | French | lent | slow |
| 8 | Italian | lento | slow |
| 9 | Spanish | lento | slow |
| 10 | Galician | -ura | -ness |
| 11 | Latin | -ura | Suffix forming abstract nouns from adjectives |
| 12 | Latin | -tūra | ing, -ure, -work |