Where does “togekspeditør” come from?

togekspeditør (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål ekspeditør, from French expéditeur, from French expédier, from French -er, from English -er, from Middle English -er, from Old French -er, from Latin -āre — he, she.

togekspeditør (Norwegian Bokmål): a train dispatcher

Definitions

  1. a train dispatcher

Ancestry of “togekspeditør”, step by step

togekspeditør traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Bokmål ekspeditør

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålekspeditøra shop assistant
2Frenchexpéditeursender, transmitter
3Frenchexpédierto post, to send, to ship; to expedite; to deal...
4French-erForms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs
5English-erA person or thing that does an action indicated...
6Middle English-eragentive suffix; agent noun suffix
7Old French-erAlternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;...
8Latin-ārefirst conjugation
9Proto-Italic-āōForms primarily denominative verbs
10Proto-Indo-European-eh₂yétiCreates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive...
11Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
12Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-
13Chichewaiyehe, she

via Norwegian Bokmål tog

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmåltoga train; a procession or parade
2Germanzugprocession
3Middle High Germanzuc
4Proto-Germanictugiza drawing, tug, pull
5Proto-Indo-Europeandewk-to pull, to draw; to lead
Every word from Chichewa iye