Where does “rimanalitus” come from?
rimanalitus (Finnish) comes from Finnish alitus, from Finnish alittaa, from Finnish Ali, from Finnish Aleksanteri, from Latin Alexander, from Ancient Greek Ἀλέξανδρος, from Ancient Greek ἀλέξω, from Ancient Greek ἀνδρός — man.
rimanalitus (Finnish): low, debacle, fiasco
Definitions
- low, debacle, fiasco
Ancestry of “rimanalitus”, step by step
rimanalitus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish alitus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | alitus | The act of passing underneath; The beating of a... |
| 2 | Finnish | alittaa | to pass underneath, go under; to beat |
| 3 | Finnish | Ali | practically exclusively used by Tatars or Muslim immigrants |
| 4 | Finnish | Aleksanteri | Alexander |
| 5 | Latin | Alexander | — |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | Ἀλέξανδρος | Alexander |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | ἀλέξω | to keep off, turn aside; to guard, protect,... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | ἀνδρός | genitive singular of ἀνήρ; man; of man |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | ἀνήρ | man; husband; human being, as opposed to a god |
| 10 | Proto-Hellenic | *anḗr | man |
via Finnish rima
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | rima | lath; bar, hurdle |