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
- reverse-engineering
Ancestry of “takaisinmallinnus”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | takaisinmallintaa | To reverse-engineer |
| 2 | Finnish | mallintaa | to model; Third-person singular indicative... |
| 3 | Finnish | malli | model, template; model, mannequin; example, a... |
| 4 | Swedish | mall | a template |
| 5 | Dutch | mal | mold, cast; foolish, crazy, lacking common sense |
| 6 | Old French | mole | — |
| 7 | Latin | modulus | a small measure or interval; a module; a water... |
| 8 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |