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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

  1. zero tolerance

Ancestry of “nulltoleranse”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmåltoleransetolerance
2Latintolerantianominative neuter plural of tolerāns; accusative...
3Latin-iaUsed to form a feminine abstract noun, usually...
4Latin-iusforming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter...
5Proto-Italic-jōsForms comparative adjectives
6Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems
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