Where does “perhepotretti” come from?
perhepotretti (Finnish) comes from Finnish potretti, from Swedish porträtt, from French portrait, from Middle French portraict, from Middle French portraire, from Latin protraho, from Latin prō-, from Proto-Italic *pro- — passed , crossed.
perhepotretti (Finnish): family portrait
Definitions
- family portrait
Ancestry of “perhepotretti”, step by step
perhepotretti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish potretti
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | potretti | portrait |
| 2 | Swedish | porträtt | a portrait |
| 3 | French | portrait | portrait; description |
| 4 | Middle French | portraict | — |
| 5 | Middle French | portraire | to portray |
| 6 | Latin | protraho | I drag, pull, draw or bring forth or out; I bring... |
| 7 | Latin | prō- | forward direction, forward movement |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | *pro- | pro- see the Latin entry for further meanings |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pro- | toward, forward |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | por- | to give birth; forward, through; going, passage |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |