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.
lentis (Finnish): volleyball
Ancestry of “lentis”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | lentopallo | volleyball |
| 2 | Finnish | lento | flying, flight; flight; lento |
| 3 | Italian | lento | slow |
| 4 | Spanish | lento | slow |
| 5 | Galician | -ura | -ness |
| 6 | Latin | -ura | Suffix forming abstract nouns from adjectives |
| 7 | Latin | -tūra | — |