Where does “informasjonsteknologi” come from?
informasjonsteknologi (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål informasjon, from Latin īnfōrmātiō, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus, from Latin disserere, from Latin dis-, from Latin calceus — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
informasjonsteknologi (Norwegian Bokmål): information technology
Definitions
- information technology
Ancestry of “informasjonsteknologi”, step by step
informasjonsteknologi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål informasjon
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | informasjon | information |
| 2 | Latin | īnfōrmātiō | sketch, idea, conception |
| 3 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 4 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 5 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 6 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 7 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 8 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 9 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via Norwegian Bokmål teknologi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | teknologi | technology |
| 2 | French | technologie | technology |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | τεχνολογία | systematic treatment of grammar |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | τεχνολόγος | treating by rules of art; writer on the art of... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | τέχνη | craft, skill, trade; art; cunning, wile |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -λογία | Base for nouns denoting the study of something,... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | λόγος | That which is said: word, sentence, speech,... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | λέγω | I put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |