Where does “reserviupseerikoulu” come from?
reserviupseerikoulu (Finnish) comes from Finnish reserviupseeri, from Finnish upseeri, from Swedish officer, from German Offizier, from Old French officer, from Medieval Latin officiarius, from Latin officium, from Latin opificium — Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
reserviupseerikoulu (Finnish): The Reserve Officers Training Corps, ROTC
Definitions
- The Reserve Officers Training Corps, ROTC
Ancestry of “reserviupseerikoulu”, step by step
reserviupseerikoulu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish reserviupseeri
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | reserviupseeri | reserve officer |
| 2 | Finnish | upseeri | officer; either a queen, knight, bishop or rook |
| 3 | Swedish | officer | officer, a military person of "fänrik" grade or... |
| 4 | German | Offizier | officer, commissioned officer; any chess piece... |
| 5 | Old French | officer | officer |
| 6 | Medieval Latin | officiarius | officer |
| 7 | Latin | officium | duty, service; office; obligation, an obligatory... |
| 8 | Latin | opificium | work |
| 9 | Latin | opifex | Someone who does work (especially creative or constructive); worker, maker, framer, fabricator, workman, mechanic, artificer, craftsman, inventor, artist, artisan |
| 10 | Latin | faciō | to do |
| 11 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 12 | Latin | -tōrius | ory |
| 13 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 14 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |