Where does “virtuoosisuus” come from?
virtuoosisuus (Finnish) comes from Finnish virtuoosinen, from Finnish virtuoosi, from German Virtuose, from Italian virtuoso, from Latin virtuōsus, from Latin virtūs, from English virtue, from Middle English vertu — to chase, pursue; to suppress, persecute.
virtuoosisuus (Finnish): virtuosity
Definitions
- virtuosity
Ancestry of “virtuoosisuus”, step by step
virtuoosisuus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish virtuoosinen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | virtuoosinen | virtuosic |
| 2 | Finnish | virtuoosi | virtuoso |
| 3 | German | Virtuose | virtuoso |
| 4 | Italian | virtuoso | virtuous; skilful; upright |
| 5 | Latin | virtuōsus | good, virtuous |
| 6 | Latin | virtūs | manhood, manliness, virility |
| 7 | English | virtue | Accordance with moral principles; conformity of... |
| 8 | Middle English | vertu | An ability, specialty, or feature; Power,... |
| 9 | Anglo-Norman | vertu | valour; honour; goodness; virtue |
| 10 | Latin | virtutem | accusative singular of virtūs; virtue |
| 11 | Latin | virtus | manhood, manliness, virility; courage,... |
| 12 | Latin | vir | man in the sense of "adult male human"; adult,... |
| 13 | Proto-Italic | wiros | a man |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | wiHrós | man; husband; warrior, hero |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | weyh₁- | to chase, pursue; to suppress, persecute |
via Finnish uus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | uus | Alternative form of uusi |