Where does “moottoripurjelentokone” come from?
moottoripurjelentokone (Finnish) comes from Finnish purjelentokone, from Finnish lentokone, from Finnish lento, from Italian lento, from Spanish lento, from Galician -ura, from Latin -ura, from Latin -tūra.
moottoripurjelentokone (Finnish): motor glider
Ancestry of “moottoripurjelentokone”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | purjelentokone | A glider airplane intended for soaring, a... |
| 2 | Finnish | lentokone | airplane, aeroplane |
| 3 | Finnish | lento | flying, flight; flight; lento |
| 4 | Italian | lento | slow |
| 5 | Spanish | lento | slow |
| 6 | Galician | -ura | -ness |
| 7 | Latin | -ura | Suffix forming abstract nouns from adjectives |
| 8 | Latin | -tūra | — |