Where does “lentis” come from?

lentis (Finnish) comes from Finnish lentopallo, from Finnish lento, from Italian lento, from Spanish lento, from Galician -ura, from Latin -ura, from Latin -tūra — ing, -ure, -work.

lentis (Finnish): volleyball

Definitions

  1. volleyball

Ancestry of “lentis”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlentopallovolleyball
2Finnishlentoflying, flight; flight; lento
3Italianlentoslow
4Spanishlentoslow
5Galician-ura-ness
6Latin-uraSuffix forming abstract nouns from adjectives
7Latin-tūraing, -ure, -work
Every word from Latin -tūra →Every word from Galician -ura →Every word from Spanish lento →