Where does “sjefingeniør” come from?

sjefingeniør (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.

sjefingeniør (Norwegian Bokmål): chief engineer

Definitions

  1. chief engineer

Ancestry of “sjefingeniør”, step by step

sjefingeniør traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Bokmål ingeniør

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålingeniørengineer
2Frenchingénieurengineer; conductor
3Old Frenchengigneordeceiver; one who deceives; engineer
4Latiningeniatorengineer
5Latiningeniāriusan engineer
6Latiningeniuminnate or natural quality, natural character;...
7Latingigneresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
8Latingenereablative singular of genus; to beget, produce
9Latingenusbirth, origin, lineage, descent; kind, type,...
10Proto-Italicgenoslineage, origin
11Proto-Indo-Europeanǵénh₁osrace, lineage
12Proto-Indo-Europeanǵenh₁-to produce, to beget, to give birth

via Norwegian Bokmål sjef

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålsjefchief, boss, head
2Frenchchefhead; article, principal point; principal motive,...
3Middle Frenchchiefhead
4Old Frenchchiefhead; leader, chief; front
5Vulgar Latincapumhead, chief; head
6Latincaputhead; headlike protuberance on an organ or body...
7Proto-Italickaputhead
8Proto-Indo-Europeankáputhead
9Proto-Indo-Europeankap-to seize, hold
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁-Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵénh₁osEvery word from Proto-Italic genos