Where does “kreftcelle” come from?
kreftcelle (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål celle, from English cell, from English cell phone, from English cellular phone, from English phone, from English telephone, from French téléphone, from French télé- — a wooden vessel made of hooped staves; wooden...
kreftcelle (Norwegian Bokmål): a cancer cell
Definitions
- a cancer cell
Ancestry of “kreftcelle”, step by step
kreftcelle traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål celle
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | celle | a cell |
| 2 | English | cell | A single-room dwelling for a hermit; A small... |
| 3 | English | cell phone | A portable, wireless telephone, which changes... |
| 4 | English | cellular phone | A mobile phone using cellular technology; A... |
| 5 | English | phone | A device for transmitting conversations and other... |
| 6 | English | telephone | A telecommunication device used for two-way... |
| 7 | French | téléphone | telephone; first-person singular present... |
| 8 | French | télé- | tele- |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | τῆλε | far off, afar, far away |
| 10 | Latin | commūnicāre | — |
| 11 | Latin | commūnis | common, commonplace, ordinary, general, universal, shared, shared alike, of both sides, belonging to two or more together |
| 12 | Old Latin | com(m)oinis | — |
| 13 | Proto-Italic | kommoinis | common |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱom-moy-ni- | held in common |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 17 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 18 | Middle Dutch | kitte | a wooden vessel made of hooped staves; wooden... |
via Norwegian Bokmål kreft
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | kreft | cancer |
| 2 | Latin | cancer | a crab; a tumor, cancer; a lattice, grid, or... |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | kankros | crab |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | karkros | enclosure, barrier |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥-kr̥- | circular |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)ker- | to cut off; to turn, bend |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | sek- | to cut, cut off, sever |