Where does “piraattikasetti” come from?
piraattikasetti (Finnish) comes from Finnish kasetti, from French cassette, from Middle French cassette, from Middle French -ette, from Old French -eté, from Latin -ittus, from Proto-Italic -tos, from Proto-Indo-European -tós — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.
piraattikasetti (Finnish): bootleg tape
Definitions
- bootleg tape
Ancestry of “piraattikasetti”, step by step
piraattikasetti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kasetti
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kasetti | cassette; coffer |
| 2 | French | cassette | treasure box; small box; cassette tape |
| 3 | Middle French | cassette | — |
| 4 | Middle French | -ette | -et, -ette |
| 5 | Old French | -eté | variant of -té |
| 6 | Latin | -ittus | diminutive suffix, used to create nouns |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -tos | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tós | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |
via Finnish piraatti
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | piraatti | pirate normally "one who illegally reproduces copyrighted works"; may also be used of a criminal who plunders at sea |
| 2 | Swedish | pirat | pirate; plunderer at sea |
| 3 | Latin | pīrāta | pirate |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | πειρατής | brigand, robber |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -τής | Appended to verbs to form agent nouns |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | πεῖρα | trial, experiment, attempt |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |