Where does “missikilpailu” come from?
missikilpailu (Finnish) comes from Finnish missi, from English Miss, from English Mistress, from Middle English maistresse, from Old French maistresse, from Old French maistre, from Latin magister, from Proto-Italic magisteros — big, great.
missikilpailu (Finnish): beauty contest
Definitions
- beauty contest
Ancestry of “missikilpailu”, step by step
missikilpailu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish missi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | missi | beauty queen, miss |
| 2 | English | Miss | Form of address, now used chiefly for an... |
| 3 | English | Mistress | Used as the title of a married woman before her... |
| 4 | Middle English | maistresse | mistress |
| 5 | Old French | maistresse | — |
| 6 | Old French | maistre | master; Master; magister |
| 7 | Latin | magister | teacher; master; a title of the Middle Ages,... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | magisteros | bigger, greater |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | méǵh₂isteros | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | méǵh₂s | big, great |