Where does “virtuaalityöpöytä” come from?

virtuaalityöpöytä (Finnish) comes from Finnish virtuaalinen, from Medieval Latin virtualis, from Latin virtūs, from English virtue, from Middle English vertu, from Anglo-Norman vertu, from Latin virtutem, from Latin virtus — to chase, pursue; to suppress, persecute.

virtuaalityöpöytä (Finnish): virtual desktop

Definitions

  1. virtual desktop

Ancestry of “virtuaalityöpöytä”, step by step

virtuaalityöpöytä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish virtuaalinen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvirtuaalinenvirtual
2Medieval Latinvirtualisworthy, virtuous
3Latinvirtūsmanhood, manliness, virility
4EnglishvirtueAccordance with moral principles; conformity of...
5Middle EnglishvertuAn ability, specialty, or feature; Power,...
6Anglo-Normanvertuvalour; honour; goodness; virtue
7Latinvirtutemaccusative singular of virtūs; virtue
8Latinvirtusmanhood, manliness, virility; courage,...
9Latinvirman in the sense of "adult male human"; adult,...
10Proto-Italicwirosa man
11Proto-Indo-EuropeanwiHrósman; husband; warrior, hero
12Proto-Indo-Europeanweyh₁-to chase, pursue; to suppress, persecute

via Finnish työpöytä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtyöpöytädesk; worktable; desktop
2Finnishpöytätable
3Latinmēnsaa table
4Latinmēnsushaving measured, estimated
5Latinmētiorto measure or estimate
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmeh₁-to measure
Every word from Proto-Indo-European weyh₁-Every word from Proto-Indo-European wiHrósEvery word from Proto-Italic wiros
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