Where does “puhelinoperaattori” come from?
puhelinoperaattori (Finnish) comes from Finnish operaattori, from Latin operatōr, from Latin operor, from Latin opera, from Latin Opus, from Ancient Greek Ὀποῦς, from Ancient Greek ὀπός, from Proto-Indo-European sokʷós — to follow; to see; to say.
Ancestry of “puhelinoperaattori”, step by step
puhelinoperaattori traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish operaattori
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | operaattori | operator; Short for teleoperaattori |
| 2 | Latin | operatōr | worker, operator |
| 3 | Latin | operor | I work, labor |
| 4 | Latin | opera | work, exertion, effort; service; care, attention... |
| 5 | Latin | Opus | The capital city of the Locri and birthplace of Patroclus |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | Ὀποῦς | Opus, Greece |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | ὀπός | juice, vegetable/plant juice; fig-juice |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | sokʷós | juice of plants |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | sekʷ- | to follow; to see; to say |