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Where does “oopperakapellimestari” come from?

oopperakapellimestari (Finnish) comes from Finnish kapellimestari, from German Kapellmeister, from German Kapelle, from Middle High German kappelle, from Old High German kappella, from Latin cappella, from Latin -ella, from Latin -ellus — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

oopperakapellimestari (Finnish): opera conductor

Definitions

  1. opera conductor

Ancestry of “oopperakapellimestari”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkapellimestariconductor
2GermanKapellmeisterkapellmeister
3GermanKapellechapel; band, ensemble
4Middle High Germankappelle—
5Old High Germankappella—
6Latincappellachapel; choir
7Latin-ellainflection of -ellus: ## nominative/vocative...
8Latin-ellusAlternative form of -ulus; "forming masculine...
9Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
10Proto-Italic-olos—
11Proto-Italic-elos—
12Proto-Indo-European-e-lós—
13Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots
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