Where does “overheadprojektori” come from?

overheadprojektori (Finnish) comes from Finnish projektori, from Latin projector — person who throws away.

overheadprojektori (Finnish): overhead projector

Definitions

  1. overhead projector

Ancestry of “overheadprojektori”, step by step

overheadprojektori traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish projektori

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishprojektoriprojector
2Latinprojectorperson who throws away

via Finnish overhead

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishoverhead—
Every word from Latin projector →Every word from Finnish projektori →