Where does “reaalikoe” come from?
reaalikoe (Finnish) comes from Finnish reaalinen, from Latin reālis, from Latin rēs, from Latin vindicatio, from Latin vindicō, from Latin vindex, from Latin dīcō, from Latin -tiō — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
reaalikoe (Finnish): a part of the Finnish matriculation exam testing knowledge in a reaaliaine historically one exam for multiple distinct academic subjects, but now one exam per subject
Definitions
- a part of the Finnish matriculation exam testing knowledge in a reaaliaine historically one exam for multiple distinct academic subjects, but now one exam per subject
Ancestry of “reaalikoe”, step by step
reaalikoe traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish reaalinen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | reaalinen | real |
| 2 | Latin | reālis | real |
| 3 | Latin | rēs | thing, object, stuff |
| 4 | Latin | vindicatio | civil lawsuit; protection, defence; vindication;... |
| 5 | Latin | vindicō | to lay claim to as one's own (often with sibi) |
| 6 | Latin | vindex | claimant, vindicator |
| 7 | Latin | dīcō | to say, talk, speak, utter, mention |
| 8 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 9 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 10 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 11 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 12 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 13 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 14 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 15 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |