Where does “byggemateriale” come from?
byggemateriale (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål materiale, from Late Latin materiale, from Latin materialis, from Latin materia, from Latin -ia, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
byggemateriale (Norwegian Bokmål): a building material
Ancestry of “byggemateriale”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | materiale | material |
| 2 | Late Latin | materiale | inflection of māteriālis:
## nominative neuter... |
| 3 | Latin | materialis | material |
| 4 | Latin | materia | matter; material; component stuff; substance;... |
| 5 | Latin | -ia | Used to form a feminine abstract noun, usually... |
| 6 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |