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Where does “takaisinmallinnus” come from?

takaisinmallinnus (Finnish) comes from Finnish takaisinmallintaa, from Finnish mallintaa, from Finnish malli, from Swedish mall, from Dutch mal, from Old French mole, from Latin modulus, from Latin -ulus — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

takaisinmallinnus (Finnish): reverse-engineering

Definitions

  1. reverse-engineering

Ancestry of “takaisinmallinnus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishtakaisinmallintaaTo reverse-engineer
2Finnishmallintaato model; Third-person singular indicative...
3Finnishmallimodel, template; model, mannequin; example, a...
4Swedishmalla template
5Dutchmalmold, cast; foolish, crazy, lacking common sense
6Old Frenchmole—
7Latinmodulusa small measure or interval; a module; a water...
8Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
9Proto-Italic-olos—
10Proto-Italic-elos—
11Proto-Indo-European-e-lós—
12Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots
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