Where does “parkeringsplass” come from?
parkeringsplass (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål parkering, from Norwegian Bokmål parkere, from French parquer, from French parc, from Middle French parc, from Old French parc, from Medieval Latin parcus, from Frankish parrik — fence; enclosure.
parkeringsplass (Norwegian Bokmål): a car park or parking lot; a parking space
Definitions
- a car park or parking lot; a parking space
Ancestry of “parkeringsplass”, step by step
parkeringsplass traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål parkering
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | parkering | parking |
| 2 | Norwegian Bokmål | parkere | to park |
| 3 | French | parquer | to pen, corral; to park |
| 4 | French | parc | park; playpen; pen |
| 5 | Middle French | parc | enclosure |
| 6 | Old French | parc | enclosed area, often fenced off, often in a... |
| 7 | Medieval Latin | parcus | enclosure; sparing, frugal; scanty, slight |
| 8 | Frankish | parrik | enclosure, pen; enclosure, fenced-in area |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | parrukaz | fence; enclosure |
via Norwegian Bokmål plass
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | plass | room, space; a place |
| 2 | Old Norse | plaz | — |
| 3 | Middle Low German | platse | — |
| 4 | Latin | platēa | broad way, street |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | πλατεῖα | feminine nominative singular of πλατύς; feminine... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | πλατύς | wide, broad; flat, level; broad-shouldered |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pléth₂us | flat, broad |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pleth₂- | flat |