Where does “torsiovoima” come from?
torsiovoima (Finnish) comes from Finnish torsio, from Latin torsiō, from Latin tortiō, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus, from Latin disserere, from Latin dis- — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
torsiovoima (Finnish): torsion force
Definitions
- torsion force
Ancestry of “torsiovoima”, step by step
torsiovoima traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish torsio
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | torsio | torsion |
| 2 | Latin | torsiō | a wringing or griping |
| 3 | Latin | tortiō | torment, torture |
| 4 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 5 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 6 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 7 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 8 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 9 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 10 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |