Where does “turoperatør” come from?
turoperatør (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål operatør, from French opérateur, from Latin operatōr, from Latin operor, from Latin opera, from Latin Opus, from Ancient Greek Ὀποῦς, from Ancient Greek ὀπός — to follow; to see; to say.
turoperatør (Norwegian Bokmål): a tour operator
Definitions
- a tour operator
Ancestry of “turoperatør”, step by step
turoperatør traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål operatør
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | operatør | an operator NB: the spelling |
| 2 | French | opérateur | operator |
| 3 | Latin | operatōr | worker, operator |
| 4 | Latin | operor | I work, labor |
| 5 | Latin | opera | work, exertion, effort; service; care, attention... |
| 6 | Latin | Opus | The capital city of the Locri and birthplace of Patroclus |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | Ὀποῦς | Opus, Greece |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | ὀπός | juice, vegetable/plant juice; fig-juice |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | sokʷós | juice of plants |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | sekʷ- | to follow; to see; to say |
via Norwegian Bokmål tur
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | tur | a walk; a trip, journey; a tour |
| 2 | French | tour | tower; rook; apartment building |
| 3 | Latin | tornus | A turner's wheel, lathe; A potter's wheel |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | τόρνος | A tool similar to a pair of compasses used to... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | torh₂no- | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | terh₁- | to rub, turn; to drill, pierce |