Where does “miljøvennlig” come from?
miljøvennlig (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål miljø, from French milieu, from Middle French milieu, from Old French milliu, from Old French lieu, from Latin locus, from Old Latin stlocus, from Proto-Italic stlokos — to put, to place; to locate.
miljøvennlig (Norwegian Bokmål): environmentally friendly
Definitions
- environmentally friendly
Ancestry of “miljøvennlig”, step by step
miljøvennlig traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål miljø
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | miljø | an environment |
| 2 | French | milieu | middle; center; setting; environment;... |
| 3 | Middle French | milieu | — |
| 4 | Old French | milliu | — |
| 5 | Old French | lieu | — |
| 6 | Latin | locus | place, spot; a passage of literature; "in the... |
| 7 | Old Latin | stlocus | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | stlokos | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | stel- | to put, to place; to locate |
via Norwegian Bokmål vennlig
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | vennlig | friendly |
| 2 | Norwegian Bokmål | -lig | -le or -ly, used to form adjectives from nouns,... |
| 3 | Old Norse | -ligr | suffix used to create adjectives, having the... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | -līkaz | -like, -ly |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | līką | body; corpse, dead body; leech-line, bolt-rope |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | leyǵ- | to bind, tie |