Where does “krigsreporter” come from?
krigsreporter (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål reporter, from English reporter, from English report, from Middle English reporten, from Old French reporter, from Old French re-, from Latin rĕ-, from Latin prōdūcō — passed , crossed.
krigsreporter (Norwegian Bokmål): a war reporter
Ancestry of “krigsreporter”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | reporter | a reporter |
| 2 | English | reporter | Someone or something that reports; A journalist... |
| 3 | English | report | To relate details of ; to recount, describe; To... |
| 4 | Middle English | reporten | — |
| 5 | Old French | reporter | to bring back; to gain; to get |
| 6 | Old French | re- | re- |
| 7 | Latin | rĕ- | — |
| 8 | Latin | prōdūcō | — |
| 9 | Latin | prō- | — |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | *pro- | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | pro- | toward, forward |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | por- | to give birth; forward, through; going, passage |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |