Where does “liveroolipeli” come from?
liveroolipeli (Finnish) comes from Finnish roolipeli, from Finnish rooli, from German rolle, from French rôle, from Middle French rolle, from Old French role, from Medieval Latin rotulus, from Latin rotula — ingot.
liveroolipeli (Finnish): live-action role-playing game
Definitions
- live-action role-playing game
Ancestry of “liveroolipeli”, step by step
liveroolipeli traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish roolipeli
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | roolipeli | role-playing game |
| 2 | Finnish | rooli | role |
| 3 | German | rolle | inflection of rollen: ## first-person singular... |
| 4 | French | rôle | role; character |
| 5 | Middle French | rolle | role |
| 6 | Old French | role | roll; scroll |
| 7 | Medieval Latin | rotulus | a roll, list, catalogue, schedule, record, a... |
| 8 | Latin | rotula | a small wheel; roll |
| 9 | Arabic | رَطْل | — |
| 10 | Classical Syriac | ܪܝܛܠܐ | — |
| 11 | Classical Syriac | ܠܝܛܪܐ | libra, pound |
| 12 | French | litre | litre |
| 13 | Medieval Latin | litra | — |
| 14 | Ancient Greek | λίτρα | litra, a Sicilian silver coin; libra, a unit of... |
| 15 | Proto-Italic | *līðrā | ingot |
via Finnish live
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | live | lye; live |
| 2 | English | live | To be alive; to have life; To have permanent... |
| 3 | English | -en | Denotes the past participle form when attached to... |
| 4 | Middle English | -en | Denotes the past participle form when attached to... |
| 5 | Old English | -en | mæġþ + API → mæġden; cocc + API → cycen, cicen;... |
| 6 | Old Norse | -inn | Used to create adjectives from nouns, meaning... |
| 7 | Proto-Norse | -īna- | — |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | -īnaz | -en |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -iHnos | Creates adjectives of materials |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -no- | adjectival suffix |