Where does “poroporvarillisuus” come from?
poroporvarillisuus (Finnish) comes from Finnish poroporvarillinen, from Finnish poroporvari, from Finnish porvari, from Swedish borgare, from Swedish borg, from English Cyborg, from English organism, from French organisme — Creates action/result nouns from verb stems.
poroporvarillisuus (Finnish): being very bourgeois, philistinism
Definitions
- being very bourgeois, philistinism
Ancestry of “poroporvarillisuus”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | poroporvarillinen | Of, or having very bourgeois values |
| 2 | Finnish | poroporvari | An extremely or very bourgeois person |
| 3 | Finnish | porvari | merchant, shopowner; a person having bourgeois... |
| 4 | Swedish | borgare | a member of the bourgeoisie, a town-dweller, a... |
| 5 | Swedish | borg | a fortified castle; a borg |
| 6 | English | Cyborg | A being which is part machine and part organic |
| 7 | English | organism | A discrete and complete living thing, such as... |
| 8 | French | organisme | organism; organisation |
| 9 | French | -ïsme | -ism, variant of -isme following vowels |
| 10 | Latin | -isma | Alternative form of -ismus; -ism |
| 11 | Latin | -ismus | -ism |
| 12 | Ancient Greek | -ισμός | Forms abstract nouns |
| 13 | Ancient Greek | -μός | Forms abstract nouns |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | -mós | Creates action/result nouns from verb stems |