Where does “radioteatteri” come from?
radioteatteri (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-.
radioteatteri (Finnish): radio drama company, radio drama group, radio theater
Definitions
- radio drama company, radio drama group, radio theater
Ancestry of “radioteatteri”, step by step
radioteatteri 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 teatteri
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | teatteri | theatre UK, theater US |
| 2 | Swedish | teater | theatre; a theatre |
| 3 | German | Theater | theater; theatrical company, troupe, theater... |
| 4 | French | théâtre | theatre; a movie theater |
| 5 | Middle French | théâtre | — |
| 6 | Old French | theatre | Alternative form of teatre |
| 7 | Latin | theātrum | A theatre or theater, playhouse; stage |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | θέατρον | theatre, gathering place; play, spectacle |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | -τρον | Forms instrument nouns |
| 10 | Proto-Hellenic | -tron | Forms instrument nouns from verb stems |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -trom | Forms nouns denoting a tool or instrument |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -tḗr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |