Where does “presidentinvaalikampanja” come from?
presidentinvaalikampanja (Finnish) comes from Finnish vaalikampanja, from Finnish kampanja, from Swedish kampanj, from French campagne, from Italian campagna, from Latin campānia, from Latin campus, from Proto-Indo-European kh₂emp- — to bend, to curve.
presidentinvaalikampanja (Finnish): presidential election campaign
Definitions
- presidential election campaign
Ancestry of “presidentinvaalikampanja”, step by step
presidentinvaalikampanja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish vaalikampanja
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | vaalikampanja | electioneering; election campaign |
| 2 | Finnish | kampanja | campaign |
| 3 | Swedish | kampanj | a campaign |
| 4 | French | campagne | country (the country, rural area, as opposed to the town or city), countryside |
| 5 | Italian | campagna | rural area: country, countryside; cultivated... |
| 6 | Latin | campānia | — |
| 7 | Latin | campus | Open flat level ground: a plain, a natural field;... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | kh₂emp- | to bend; crooked; to bend, curve |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kh₂em- | to bend, to curve |
via Finnish presidentti
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | presidentti | president |
| 2 | Swedish | president | a chairman, presiding member of an assembly, e.g.... |
| 3 | Old French | president | — |
| 4 | Latin | praesidēns | sitting before or in front of |