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Where does “olympiaohjelma” come from?

olympiaohjelma (Finnish) comes from Finnish olympia-, from Latin Olympia, from Ancient Greek Ὀλυμπία, from Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ, from Proto-Indo-European -íh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

olympiaohjelma (Finnish): Olympic program

Definitions

  1. Olympic program

Ancestry of “olympiaohjelma”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnisholympia-Truncated form of olympialainen , used as...
2LatinOlympia—
3Ancient GreekὈλυμπία—
4Ancient Greek-ῐ́ᾱ{{l|en|-ia}}; "suffix forming abstract feminine...
5Proto-Indo-European-íh₂—
6Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...
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