Where does “medisinstudent” come from?
medisinstudent (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål medisin, from Latin medicīna, from Latin medicus, from Latin medeor, from Proto-Italic medēōr, from Proto-Indo-European med- — to measure; to give advice; healing.
medisinstudent (Norwegian Bokmål): a medical student
Ancestry of “medisinstudent”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | medisin | a medicine; medicine |
| 2 | Latin | medicīna | — |
| 3 | Latin | medicus | healing, curative, medical; magic; a doctor,... |
| 4 | Latin | medeor | I heal, cure, remedy, am good for or against a... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | medēōr | heal |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | med- | to measure; to give advice; healing |