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Where does “poroporvarillinen” come from?

poroporvarillinen (Finnish) comes from Finnish poroporvari, from Finnish porvari, from Swedish borgare, from Swedish borg, from English Cyborg, from English organism, from French organisme, from French -ïsme — Creates action/result nouns from verb stems.

poroporvarillinen (Finnish): Of, or having very bourgeois values

Definitions

  1. Of, or having very bourgeois values

Ancestry of “poroporvarillinen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishporoporvariAn extremely or very bourgeois person
2Finnishporvarimerchant, shopowner; a person having bourgeois...
3Swedishborgarea member of the bourgeoisie, a town-dweller, a...
4Swedishborga fortified castle; a borg
5EnglishCyborg—
6EnglishorganismA discrete and complete living thing, such as...
7Frenchorganismeorganism; organisation
8French-ïsme-ism, variant of -isme following vowels
9Latin-ismaAlternative form of -ismus; -ism
10Latin-ismus-ism
11Ancient Greek-ισμόςForms abstract nouns
12Ancient Greek-μόςForms abstract nouns
13Proto-Indo-European-mósCreates action/result nouns from verb stems
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