Where does “reklamebyrå” come from?
reklamebyrå (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål reklame, from French réclame, from French réclamer, from Old French reclamer, from Latin reclāmō, from Latin rĕ-, from Latin prōdūcō, from Latin prō- — passed , crossed.
reklamebyrå (Norwegian Bokmål): an advertising agency
Definitions
- an advertising agency
Ancestry of “reklamebyrå”, step by step
reklamebyrå traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål reklame
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | reklame | advertising; an advertisement |
| 2 | French | réclame | a small, commercial advertisement, originally in... |
| 3 | French | réclamer | to protest; to object; to claim, reclaim |
| 4 | Old French | reclamer | to implore; to shout to |
| 5 | Latin | reclāmō | to cry out, exclaim, protest or shout against, contradict loudly |
| 6 | Latin | rĕ- | back, backwards |
| 7 | Latin | prōdūcō | to lead or bring forth, forward or out |
| 8 | Latin | prō- | forward direction, forward movement |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | *pro- | pro- see the Latin entry for further meanings |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pro- | toward, forward |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | por- | to give birth; forward, through; going, passage |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |
via Norwegian Bokmål byrå
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | byrå | agency, bureau, office |
| 2 | Danish | bureau | office, bureau, agency |
| 3 | French | bureau | desk; office; ticket office |
| 4 | Middle French | burel | — |
| 5 | Old French | burel | frieze; a garment made out of frieze |
| 6 | Old French | -el | Suffix that usually denotes a masculine noun |
| 7 | Latin | -ellus | Alternative form of -ulus; "forming masculine... |
| 8 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |