Where does “toimistoautomaatio” come from?
toimistoautomaatio (Finnish) comes from Finnish automaatio, from English automation, from English automatic, from French automatique, from French automate, from Ancient Greek αὐτόματον, from Ancient Greek αὐτόματος, from Ancient Greek μέμαα — to think, mind; spiritual activity; to stay,...
toimistoautomaatio (Finnish): office automation
Definitions
- office automation
Ancestry of “toimistoautomaatio”, step by step
toimistoautomaatio traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish automaatio
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | automaatio | automation |
| 2 | English | automation | The act or process of converting the controlling... |
| 3 | English | automatic | Capable of operating without external control or... |
| 4 | French | automatique | automatic |
| 5 | French | automate | automaton |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | αὐτόματον | accident, mere chance |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | αὐτόματος | self-willed, unbidden; self-moving,... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | μέμαα | to wish eagerly, strive, yearn, desire |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | μέμονα | to be minded or inclined; to be eager; to hasten |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | memóne | to think, to be mindful; to remember |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | men- | to think, mind; spiritual activity; to stay,... |
via Finnish toimisto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | toimisto | office |
| 2 | Finnish | Toimi | chore, task, job, duty |
| 3 | Finnish | toimi | chore, task, job, duty; activities, business,... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | toimi | work, task, chore |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | toodak | to bring |
| 6 | Proto-Uralic | toxe- | to bring, give |
| 7 | Hungarian | -ik | Specifies "which" one of a specific set of... |