Where does “lentomatkailu” come from?

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

lentomatkailu (Finnish): air travel traveling by air, as a general concept

Definitions

  1. air travel traveling by air, as a general concept

Ancestry of “lentomatkailu”, step by step

lentomatkailu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish lento

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

via Finnish matkailu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmatkailutravel; tourism
2FinnishmatkaillaTo travel
3FinnishmatkataTo travel
4Finnishmatkatrip; journey; distance
5Proto-Finnicmatkaway, path; journey, trip; distance
6Proto-Uralicmëtkapassage
Every word from Latin -tūra →Every word from Galician -ura →Every word from Spanish lento →