Where does “prostataspesifinen” come from?
prostataspesifinen (Finnish) comes from Finnish spesifinen, from Latin specificus, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr.
prostataspesifinen (Finnish): prostate-specific
Definitions
- prostate-specific
Ancestry of “prostataspesifinen”, step by step
prostataspesifinen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish spesifinen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | spesifinen | specific |
| 2 | Latin | specificus | specific, particular |
| 3 | Latin | faciō | to do |
| 4 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 5 | Latin | -tōrius | ory |
| 6 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |
via Finnish prostata
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | prostata | prostate |
| 2 | Late Latin | prostata | — |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | προστάτης | one who stands before, protector, guardian; one... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | ἵστημι | to make to stand, to stand, set; to stop, stay,... |
| 5 | Proto-Hellenic | hístāmi | to stand |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | stísteh₂ti | to be standing up, to be getting up |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | steh₂- | to stand |