Where does “nulltoleranse” come from?
nulltoleranse (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål toleranse, from Latin tolerantia, from Latin -ia, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
nulltoleranse (Norwegian Bokmål): zero tolerance
Definitions
- zero tolerance
Ancestry of “nulltoleranse”, step by step
nulltoleranse traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål toleranse
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | toleranse | tolerance |
| 2 | Latin | tolerantia | nominative neuter plural of tolerāns; accusative... |
| 3 | Latin | -ia | Used to form a feminine abstract noun, usually... |
| 4 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |