Where does “rakuunarykmentti” come from?
rakuunarykmentti (Finnish) comes from Finnish rakuuna, from Swedish dragon, from French estragon, from French estargon, from French targon, from Latin tarcon, from Latin altarcon, from Arabic طَرْخُون.
rakuunarykmentti (Finnish): dragoon regiment
Definitions
- dragoon regiment
Ancestry of “rakuunarykmentti”, step by step
rakuunarykmentti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish rakuuna
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | rakuuna | dragoon; tarragon |
| 2 | Swedish | dragon | a dragoon; the perennial herb tarragon; leaves of... |
| 3 | French | estragon | tarragon |
| 4 | French | estargon | — |
| 5 | French | targon | — |
| 6 | Latin | tarcon | — |
| 7 | Latin | altarcon | — |
| 8 | Arabic | طَرْخُون | tarragon; "Artemisia dracunculus" |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | δρακόντιον | edder-wort |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | Δράκων | Draco |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | δέρκομαι | to see, see clearly; to watch; to live |
| 12 | Proto-Hellenic | *dérkomai | — |
via Finnish rykmentti
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | rykmentti | regiment |
| 2 | Swedish | regemente | regiment military unit |
| 3 | Latin | regimentum | direction for government; course of medical... |
| 4 | Latin | -mentum | instrument, medium, or result of; e.g.... |
| 5 | Latin | -menta | nominative plural of -mentum; accusative plural... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -mn̥ | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs |