Where does “tertiaarirakenne” come from?
tertiaarirakenne (Finnish) comes from Finnish tertiäärinen, from French tertiaire, from Latin tertiārius, from Latin tertius, from Latin trēs, from Proto-Italic trēs, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.
tertiaarirakenne (Finnish): tertiary structure
Definitions
- tertiary structure
Ancestry of “tertiaarirakenne”, step by step
tertiaarirakenne traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish tertiäärinen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | tertiäärinen | Alternative form of tertiaarinen; tertiary |
| 2 | French | tertiaire | tertiary |
| 3 | Latin | tertiārius | containing a third part |
| 4 | Latin | tertius | third, the ordinal number after secundus and... |
| 5 | Latin | trēs | three; 3 |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | trēs | three |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | *tréyes | — |
via Finnish rakenne
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | rakenne | structure; texture |
| 2 | Finnish | rakentaa | to build, construct |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | rakentadak | — |
| 4 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | rakkɜ- | to make, prepare, build |