Where does “vitamiinipilleri” come from?

vitamiinipilleri (Finnish) comes from Finnish vitamiini, from English vitamin, from English vitamine, from English amine, from English -ine, from French -ine, from French -é, from Middle French -é.

vitamiinipilleri (Finnish): vitamin pill

Definitions

  1. vitamin pill

Ancestry of “vitamiinipilleri”, step by step

vitamiinipilleri traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish vitamiini

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvitamiinivitamin
2EnglishvitaminAny of a specific group of organic compounds...
3EnglishvitamineObsolete form of vitamin
4EnglishamineA functional group formally derived from ammonia...
5English-ineOf or pertaining to; Used to form demonyms;...
6French-inefeminine singular of -in; female equivalent of...
7Frenchpast participle root verb suffix of regular -er...
8Middle Frenchpast participle root verb suffix of regular; -ed, -en, -n
9Old Frenchused to form past participles of regular -er...
10Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
11Proto-ItalicForms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases
12Proto-Indo-European-éh₂

via Finnish pilleri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpilleripill
2Swedishpillera pill
3LatinpilulaA small ball, globule; pellet; A pill
4Latinpilamortar; pillar; pier
5Latinpīlusa hair
6Latinpīluma pounder, pestle
7Proto-Italicpistlom
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpis-tlo-
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpeys-to grind, to crush
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂Every word from English -ineEvery word from French -ine