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Where does “lentosotamies” come from?

lentosotamies (Finnish) comes from Finnish lento, from Italian lento, from Spanish lento, from Galician -ura, from Latin -ura, from Latin -tūra.

lentosotamies (Finnish): The lowest rank in the air force

Definitions

  1. The lowest rank in the air force

Ancestry of “lentosotamies”, step by step

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