Where does “rokokoolipasto” come from?
rokokoolipasto (Finnish) comes from Finnish lipasto, from Finnish lipas, from Finnish äs, from German ās, from French as, from Italian asso, from German ass, from English ace — that.
rokokoolipasto (Finnish): rococo chest of drawers
Definitions
- rococo chest of drawers
Ancestry of “rokokoolipasto”, step by step
rokokoolipasto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish lipasto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | lipasto | chest of drawers; bureau; uni, university |
| 2 | Finnish | lipas | a small storage box with a lid, chest; ammunition... |
| 3 | Finnish | äs | ess; argh |
| 4 | German | ās | as, a unit and a Roman coin |
| 5 | French | as | ace; as; second-person singular present... |
| 6 | Italian | asso | ace; A piece or side having a single dot |
| 7 | German | ass | Switzerland and Liechtenstein standard spelling... |
| 8 | English | ace | A single point or spot on a playing card or die;... |
| 9 | English | asexual | Nonsexual in nature, unmarked by sexual activity;... |
| 10 | English | ā- | — |
| 11 | Middle English | a- | up, out, away; of; on, in |
| 12 | Middle French | a- | — |
| 13 | Latin | Ad | toward, to |
| 14 | Latin | illic | he, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that... |
| 15 | Latin | ille | that; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that... |
| 16 | Latin | olle | Archaic form of ille |
| 17 | Proto-Italic | *olnos | that |