Where does “rasisminvastainen” come from?
rasisminvastainen (Finnish) comes from Finnish rasismi, from French racisme, from French race, from Middle French rasse, from Italian razza, from Italian razzo, from Italian raggio, from Latin radius.
rasisminvastainen (Finnish): antiracist, against racism
Definitions
- antiracist, against racism
Ancestry of “rasisminvastainen”, step by step
rasisminvastainen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish rasismi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | rasismi | racism |
| 2 | French | racisme | racism |
| 3 | French | race | race; kind; breed |
| 4 | Middle French | rasse | — |
| 5 | Italian | razza | race, breed; kind, type; family, descent |
| 6 | Italian | razzo | skyrocket; Ellipsis of razzo di segnalazione;... |
| 7 | Italian | raggio | ray, beam, shaft; spoke; radius |
| 8 | Latin | radius | ray; staff, rod; spoke |
| 9 | English | -án | Of or pertaining to;. Often added to words of Latin origin, but also used with words of other origins. When a word ends in a |
| 10 | Middle English | -an | — |
via Finnish vastainen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | vastainen | foul, head-, contrary; anti-, in-, un-; occurring... |
| 2 | Finnish | vasta- | Expressing opposition or contrast: counter-,... |
| 3 | Finnish | vasta | Expressing delay or that something takes place... |
| 4 | Swedish | kvast | broom; tassel; cyme |
| 5 | Old Swedish | quaster | — |
| 6 | Old Norse | kvǫstr | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | kwastuz | tuft; tassel |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷes- | twig; leafwork |