Where does “forstørrelsesapparat” come from?
forstørrelsesapparat (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål forstørrelse, from Norwegian Bokmål forstørre, from German vergrößern, from German größer, from German groß, from English daddy, from English -y, from Middle English -y — -y, -ic.
forstørrelsesapparat (Norwegian Bokmål): an enlarger
Definitions
- an enlarger
Ancestry of “forstørrelsesapparat”, step by step
forstørrelsesapparat traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål forstørrelse
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | forstørrelse | (an) enlargement |
| 2 | Norwegian Bokmål | forstørre | to enlarge |
| 3 | German | vergrößern | to enlarge, to amplify, to increase; to become... |
| 4 | German | größer | comparative degree of groß |
| 5 | German | groß | big, large, large-scale; great, grand; tall |
| 6 | English | daddy | Father; A male lover; An informal term of address... |
| 7 | English | -y | Added to nouns and adjectives to form adjectives... |
| 8 | Middle English | -y | Designates an adjective, in many cases formed by... |
| 9 | Old English | -iġ | -y, -ic |
| 10 | Proto-West Germanic | -g | Forms adjectives from nouns and verbs with a... |
| 11 | Proto-Germanic | -gaz | -y |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -ḱos | -y, -ic |
via Norwegian Bokmål apparat
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | apparat | mechanical or electrical device, appliance or... |
| 2 | French | apparat | pomp, ceremony |
| 3 | Latin | apparātus | prepared, having been prepared |
| 4 | Latin | apparō | to prepare or make ready for something, put in order, provide, furnish, equip, organize |
| 5 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 6 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 7 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 8 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |