Where does “radioaktiivinen” come from?
radioaktiivinen (Finnish) comes from Finnish radio, from Swedish radio, from English radio, from English radiotelegraphy, from English telegraphy, from English Telegraph, from French télégraphe, from French télé-.
radioaktiivinen (Finnish): radioactive
Definitions
- radioactive
Ancestry of “radioaktiivinen”, step by step
radioaktiivinen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish radio
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | radio | radio; radio- |
| 2 | Swedish | radio | radio; radio; receiver |
| 3 | English | radio | The technology that allows for the transmission... |
| 4 | English | radiotelegraphy | The process and techniques of sending telegrams... |
| 5 | English | telegraphy | communication at a distance by means of the... |
| 6 | English | Telegraph | any process for transmitting arbitrarily long messages over a long distance using a symbolic code |
| 7 | French | télégraphe | telegraph |
| 8 | French | télé- | tele- |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | τῆλε | far off, afar, far away |
| 10 | Latin | commūnicāre | — |
| 11 | Latin | commūnis | common, commonplace, ordinary, general, universal, shared, shared alike, of both sides, belonging to two or more together |
| 12 | Old Latin | com(m)oinis | — |
| 13 | Proto-Italic | kommoinis | common |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱom-moy-ni- | held in common |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 17 | Middle English | kyt | — |
via Finnish aktiivinen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | aktiivinen | active |
| 2 | Finnish | aktiivi | activist; active voice; Alternative form of... |
| 3 | Latin | āctīvus | active |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | ἐνεργητικός | Able to act on; acting on; Active; In the active... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | ἐνεργέω | to be in action or activity, to operate; to... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | ἐνεργός | at work, active |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | ἐν- | in, within; on |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | ἐν | in, on, at; among; in, at, or during the time of |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | δέρμα | skin, hide |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | γλυφή | carving, carved work; hole cut |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | -ῐ́ᾱ | {{l|en|-ia}}; "suffix forming abstract feminine... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -íh₂ | — |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | -h₂ | Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups... |