Where does “scifileffa” come from?
scifileffa (Finnish) comes from Finnish scifi, from English sci-fi, from English science fiction, from English fiction, from Middle English ficcioun, from Old French ficcion, from Latin fictio, from Latin -tiō — limestone; chalk; the finish line.
scifileffa (Finnish): sci-fi movie
Definitions
- sci-fi movie
Ancestry of “scifileffa”, step by step
scifileffa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish scifi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | scifi | sci-fi |
| 2 | English | sci-fi | Clipping of science fiction |
| 3 | English | science fiction | Fiction in which advanced technology or science... |
| 4 | English | fiction | Literary type using invented or imaginative... |
| 5 | Middle English | ficcioun | An invention or fabrication |
| 6 | Old French | ficcion | dissimulation, ruse, invention |
| 7 | Latin | fictio | fashioning, forming, formation; fiction |
| 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 |
via Finnish leffa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | leffa | flick, movie; movies |
| 2 | Swedish | [[levande]] [[bilder]] | — |