Where does “virtuaaliyhteisö” come from?
virtuaaliyhteisö (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.
virtuaaliyhteisö (Finnish): virtual community
Definitions
- virtual community
Ancestry of “virtuaaliyhteisö”, step by step
virtuaaliyhteisö traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish virtuaalinen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | virtuaalinen | virtual |
| 2 | Medieval Latin | virtualis | worthy, virtuous |
| 3 | Latin | virtūs | manhood, manliness, virility |
| 4 | English | virtue | Accordance with moral principles; conformity of... |
| 5 | Middle English | vertu | An ability, specialty, or feature; Power,... |
| 6 | Anglo-Norman | vertu | valour; honour; goodness; virtue |
| 7 | Latin | virtutem | accusative singular of virtūs; virtue |
| 8 | Latin | virtus | manhood, manliness, virility; courage,... |
| 9 | Latin | vir | man in the sense of "adult male human"; adult,... |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | wiros | a man |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | wiHrós | man; husband; warrior, hero |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | weyh₁- | to chase, pursue; to suppress, persecute |
via Finnish yhteisö
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | yhteisö | community; corporation, organization |
| 2 | Finnish | -isö | Forms collective nouns describing groups of people |
| 3 | Vietnamese | số | number; size; amount; count |
| 4 | French | sœur | sister; nun |
| 5 | Middle French | soeur | sister |
| 6 | Old French | suer | nominative singular of seror; to dry |
| 7 | Latin | soror | sister; cousin, daughter of a father's brother;... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | swezōr | sister |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | swésōr | sister |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | su-h₁ésh₂-ōr | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ésh₂r̥ | blood |