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

  1. ticket office, box office

Ancestry of “billettkontor”, step by step

billettkontor traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Bokmål kontor

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålkontoran office
2Danishkontoroffice
3Middle Low Germankontōrcommercial branch; writing room; counting desk
4Middle Dutchcantoor
5Middle FrenchcontoirAlternative spelling of comptoir
6Middle Frenchcompterto recount; to tell
7Old Frenchcompter
8Latincomputāre
9Latincomputōto calculate, compute, reckon together
10Latincom-allomorph of con-
11Latincon-Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing...
12Latincumwith, along with; at; -fold
13Old LatincomAlternative form of cum
14Proto-Italickomwith, along, at
15Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómbeside, near, by, with
16Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
17Middle Englishkyt
18Russianкитwhale; genitive plural of ки́та
19Old Church Slavonicкитъwhale
20Ancient Greekκῆτοςwhale, sea monster; abyss

via Norwegian Bokmål billett

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålbilletta ticket
2Frenchbilletticket; note, a brief message; banknote
3Old Frenchbillettebillet
4Old Frenchbillestick; baton; written decree, announcement
5Vulgar Latinbillia
6Gaulishbiliatall tree
7Proto-Celticbelyomtree
8Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰolh₃yomleaf
9Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰleh₃-bloom, flower
10Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰel-to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to...
11Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōl-
Every word from Ancient Greek κῆτοςEvery word from Old Church Slavonic китъEvery word from Russian кит