Where does “tilavuusprosentti” come from?
tilavuusprosentti (Finnish) comes from Finnish prosentti, from Swedish procent, from German Prozent, from Italian per cento, from Latin centum, from Latin folium, from Proto-Italic *foljom, from Proto-Indo-European bʰolh₃yom.
tilavuusprosentti (Finnish): percent by volume, volume percent
Definitions
- percent by volume, volume percent
Ancestry of “tilavuusprosentti”, step by step
tilavuusprosentti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish prosentti
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | prosentti | A percent |
| 2 | Swedish | procent | percent |
| 3 | German | Prozent | percent |
| 4 | Italian | per cento | percent |
| 5 | Latin | centum | a hundred; 100 |
| 6 | Latin | folium | a leaf; a petal; a sheet or leaf of paper |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | *foljom | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰolh₃yom | leaf |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰleh₃- | bloom, flower |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |
via Finnish tilavuus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | tilavuus | volume; capacity |
| 2 | Finnish | tilava | spacious, roomy |
| 3 | Finnish | tila | state; condition; Short for maatila |
| 4 | Finnish | -inen | -like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from... |
| 5 | Finnish | -uus | Forms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality |
| 6 | Proto-Finnic | -uc | -ness, -hood |