Where does “romanforfatter” come from?
romanforfatter (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål forfatter, from German Verfasser, from German verfassen, from German Ver-, from Middle High German ver-, from Proto-Germanic fra-, from Proto-Indo-European pro-, from Proto-Indo-European por- — passed , crossed.
romanforfatter (Norwegian Bokmål): a novelist
Definitions
- a novelist
Ancestry of “romanforfatter”, step by step
romanforfatter traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål forfatter
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | forfatter | an author; present tense of forfatte |
| 2 | German | Verfasser | author |
| 3 | German | verfassen | to write, to compose, to draft, to prepare |
| 4 | German | Ver- | Inseparable verbal prefix indicating privation or the direction of 'forth', 'away' |
| 5 | Middle High German | ver- | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | fra- | off, away; completely, fully, up |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pro- | toward, forward |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | por- | to give birth; forward, through; going, passage |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |
via Norwegian Bokmål roman
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | roman | A novel |
| 2 | French | roman | Romance; romanesque; A novel |
| 3 | Old French | romanz | Old French; a story in Old French; account |
| 4 | Latin | rōmānicē | in the Roman manner |
| 5 | Latin | -ē | ly; used to form adverbs from adjectives |
| 6 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 7 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 8 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |