Where does “kjempesuksess” come from?
kjempesuksess (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål suksess, from French succès, from Middle French succes, from Latin successus, from Latin succēdere, from Latin sub, from Proto-Italic supo, from Proto-Indo-European upó.
kjempesuksess (Norwegian Bokmål): a great success
Definitions
- a great success
Ancestry of “kjempesuksess”, step by step
kjempesuksess traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål suksess
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | suksess | success |
| 2 | French | succès | success; achievement |
| 3 | Middle French | succes | success |
| 4 | Latin | successus | course, flow (of time), approach |
| 5 | Latin | succēdere | — |
| 6 | Latin | sub | under, beneath; behind; at the feet of |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | supo | under |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | upó | under, below |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ewp- | — |
via Norwegian Bokmål kjempe
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | kjempe | a giant, titan; ribgrass, ribwort, plantain; to... |
| 2 | Old Norse | kempa | giant |
| 3 | Old English | cempa | soldier, warrior; champion |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | kampijō | combat soldier |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | kampijan | to battle; to campaign |
| 6 | Latin | campus | Open flat level ground: a plain, a natural field;... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | kh₂emp- | to bend; crooked; to bend, curve |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | kh₂em- | to bend, to curve |