Where does “operettisävelmä” come from?
operettisävelmä (Finnish) comes from Finnish operetti, from French opérette, from French opéra, from Italian opera, from Latin opera, from Latin Opus, from Ancient Greek Ὀποῦς, from Ancient Greek ὀπός — to follow; to see; to say.
operettisävelmä (Finnish): operetta tune
Definitions
- operetta tune
Ancestry of “operettisävelmä”, step by step
operettisävelmä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish operetti
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | operetti | operetta |
| 2 | French | opérette | operetta, light opera |
| 3 | French | opéra | opera; third-person singular past historic of... |
| 4 | Italian | opera | work; means, help, services; opus |
| 5 | Latin | opera | work, exertion, effort; service; care, attention... |
| 6 | Latin | Opus | The capital city of the Locri and birthplace of Patroclus |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | Ὀποῦς | Opus, Greece |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | ὀπός | juice, vegetable/plant juice; fig-juice |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | sokʷós | juice of plants |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | sekʷ- | to follow; to see; to say |