Where does “oppositiopolitiikka” come from?
oppositiopolitiikka (Finnish) comes from Finnish oppositio, from Late Latin oppositio, from Latin oppono, from Latin ob-, from Latin obolus, from Ancient Greek ὀβολός, from Ancient Greek ὀβελός, from Ancient Greek βέλος — to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing.
oppositiopolitiikka (Finnish): opposition politics
Definitions
- opposition politics
Ancestry of “oppositiopolitiikka”, step by step
oppositiopolitiikka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish oppositio
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | oppositio | opposition |
| 2 | Late Latin | oppositio | opposing, opposition |
| 3 | Latin | oppono | I set against; I oppose |
| 4 | Latin | ob- | towards; against |
| 5 | Latin | obolus | obolus (Greek coin) |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | ὀβολός | obol, obolus, used at Athens as both a weight and... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | ὀβελός | a spit, rod; a horizontal line |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | βέλος | missile, arrow, dart; weapon; something quickly... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷélHos | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷelH- | to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing |
via Finnish politiikka
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | politiikka | politics; policy |
| 2 | Swedish | politik | politics |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | πολιτικός | civic, constitutional, public; social |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | πολῑ́της | citizen |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -της | Forms nouns representing a state of being; Added... |
| 6 | Proto-Hellenic | -tāts | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ts | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -tós | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |