Where does “billettkontor” come from?
billettkontor (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål kontor, from Danish kontor, from Middle Low German kontōr, from Middle Dutch cantoor, from Middle French contoir, from Middle French compter, from Old French compter, from Latin computāre — whale, sea monster; abyss.
billettkontor (Norwegian Bokmål): ticket office, box office
Definitions
- ticket office, box office
Ancestry of “billettkontor”, step by step
billettkontor traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål kontor
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | kontor | an office |
| 2 | Danish | kontor | office |
| 3 | Middle Low German | kontōr | commercial branch; writing room; counting desk |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | cantoor | — |
| 5 | Middle French | contoir | Alternative spelling of comptoir |
| 6 | Middle French | compter | to recount; to tell |
| 7 | Old French | compter | — |
| 8 | Latin | computāre | — |
| 9 | Latin | computō | to calculate, compute, reckon together |
| 10 | Latin | com- | allomorph of con- |
| 11 | Latin | con- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing... |
| 12 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 13 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 14 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 17 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 18 | Russian | кит | whale; genitive plural of ки́та |
| 19 | Old Church Slavonic | китъ | whale |
| 20 | Ancient Greek | κῆτος | whale, sea monster; abyss |
via Norwegian Bokmål billett
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | billett | a ticket |
| 2 | French | billet | ticket; note, a brief message; banknote |
| 3 | Old French | billette | billet |
| 4 | Old French | bille | stick; baton; written decree, announcement |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | billia | — |
| 6 | Gaulish | bilia | tall tree |
| 7 | Proto-Celtic | belyom | tree |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰolh₃yom | leaf |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰleh₃- | bloom, flower |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |