Where does “vinyylisingle” come from?
vinyylisingle (Finnish) comes from Finnish single, from English single, from Middle English single, from Old French sengle, from Late Latin cingula, from Latin Cingulum, from Latin -ulum, from Proto-Indo-European -tlom — Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
vinyylisingle (Finnish): single short vinyl record, typically a 7 inch 45 RPM record
Definitions
- single short vinyl record, typically a 7 inch 45 RPM record
Ancestry of “vinyylisingle”, step by step
vinyylisingle traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish single
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | single | single 45 rpm record; track nominally released on its own |
| 2 | English | single | Not accompanied by anything else; one in number;... |
| 3 | Middle English | single | — |
| 4 | Old French | sengle | single; alone; alone; in an unaccompanied way |
| 5 | Late Latin | cingula | nominative/accusative/vocative plural of cingulum |
| 6 | Latin | Cingulum | situated on a lofty hill, now Cingoli |
| 7 | Latin | -ulum | Used to form a noun of instrument or means from a... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tlom | Alternative form of *-trom |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -trom | Forms nouns denoting a tool or instrument |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -tḗr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
via Finnish vinyyli
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | vinyyli | vinyl |
| 2 | English | vinyl | The univalent radical CH=CH−, derived from... |
| 3 | English | -yl | A univalent radical or functional group formed... |
| 4 | French | méthylène | methylene |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | μέθυ | wine |
| 6 | Proto-Hellenic | métʰu | intoxicating drink; mead |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | médʰu | honey; honey wine, mead |