Where does “sivilingeniør” come from?
sivilingeniør (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål ingeniør, from French ingénieur, from Old French engigneor, from Latin ingeniator, from Latin ingeniārius, from Latin ingenium, from Latin gignere, from Latin genere — to produce, to beget, to give birth.
sivilingeniør (Norwegian Bokmål): in Norway an engineer with a master's degree in technology. The title does not correspond with, despite the similarity of the name
Definitions
- in Norway an engineer with a master's degree in technology. The title does not correspond with, despite the similarity of the name
Ancestry of “sivilingeniør”, step by step
sivilingeniør traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål ingeniør
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | ingeniør | engineer |
| 2 | French | ingénieur | engineer; conductor |
| 3 | Old French | engigneor | deceiver; one who deceives; engineer |
| 4 | Latin | ingeniator | engineer |
| 5 | Latin | ingeniārius | an engineer |
| 6 | Latin | ingenium | innate or natural quality, natural character;... |
| 7 | Latin | gignere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 8 | Latin | genere | ablative singular of genus; to beget, produce |
| 9 | Latin | genus | birth, origin, lineage, descent; kind, type,... |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | genos | lineage, origin |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵénh₁os | race, lineage |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵenh₁- | to produce, to beget, to give birth |