Where does “lentolannoitus” come from?

lentolannoitus (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.

lentolannoitus (Finnish): aerial application (of fertilizer), aerial fertilization

Definitions

  1. aerial application (of fertilizer), aerial fertilization

Ancestry of “lentolannoitus”, step by step

lentolannoitus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish lannoitus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlannoitusfertilization adding nutrients
2FinnishlannoittaaTo fertilize; To manure, dung
3FinnishlantaAnimal feces used as fertilizer; manure, dung;...
4Esperantolanteslowly
5Esperantolantaslow
6Idolentaslow
7Frenchlentslow
8Italianlentoslow
9Spanishlentoslow
10Galician-ura-ness
11Latin-uraSuffix forming abstract nouns from adjectives
12Latin-tūraing, -ure, -work

via Finnish lento

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlentoflying, flight; flight; lento
2RussianМелентий
Every word from Latin -tūra