Where does “vapautusarmeija” come from?
vapautusarmeija (Finnish) comes from Finnish armeija, from French armée, from Middle French armée, from Latin armātus, from Latin armō, from Latin arma, from Late Latin armistitium, from Latin sistere — to stand.
vapautusarmeija (Finnish): liberation army
Definitions
- liberation army
Ancestry of “vapautusarmeija”, step by step
vapautusarmeija traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish armeija
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | armeija | army; military |
| 2 | French | armée | army; armed forces; feminine singular of armé |
| 3 | Middle French | armée | Alternative form of armee |
| 4 | Latin | armātus | armed |
| 5 | Latin | armō | to furnish with weapons, arm, equip; fit out; mobilize |
| 6 | Latin | arma | defensive arms, armor/armour, shields, weapons of... |
| 7 | Late Latin | armistitium | — |
| 8 | Latin | sistere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | stísteh₂ti | to be standing up, to be getting up |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | steh₂- | to stand |