Where does “arbeidsintensiv” come from?
arbeidsintensiv (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål intensiv, from Medieval Latin intensivus, from Latin intendere, from Latin intendo, from Latin in-, from Latin in, from Old Latin en, from Proto-Italic en — in.
arbeidsintensiv (Norwegian Bokmål): labour-intensive (UK), labor-intensive (US)
Definitions
- labour-intensive (UK), labor-intensive (US)
Ancestry of “arbeidsintensiv”, step by step
arbeidsintensiv traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål intensiv
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | intensiv | intensive; intense |
| 2 | Medieval Latin | intensivus | intensive |
| 3 | Latin | intendere | third-person plural perfect active indicative of... |
| 4 | Latin | intendo | I stretch out; I strain; I turn my attention to,... |
| 5 | Latin | in- | un-, non-, not; in, within, inside |
| 6 | Latin | in | in, at, on, upon, from; within, while in; into,... |
| 7 | Old Latin | en | in |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
via Norwegian Bokmål arbeid
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | arbeid | work; imperative of arbeide |
| 2 | Middle Low German | arbeit | — |
| 3 | Old Saxon | arvēd | labour |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | arbaiþi | hardship |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | arbaidiz | labour, work, toil; hardship, suffering |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃órbʰos | orphan; servant, slave, worker |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃erbʰ- | to change allegiance, status, ownership;... |