Where does “billettkontrollør” come from?
billettkontrollør (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Norwegian Nynorsk kontrollør, from Norwegian Nynorsk kontroll, from French contrôle, from Old French contrerole, from Medieval Latin contrarotulum, from Medieval Latin rotulus, from Latin rotula, from Arabic رَطْل — ingot.
billettkontrollør (Norwegian Nynorsk): a ticket inspector
Definitions
- a ticket inspector
Ancestry of “billettkontrollør”, step by step
billettkontrollør traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Nynorsk kontrollør
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Nynorsk | kontrollør | an inspector |
| 2 | Norwegian Nynorsk | kontroll | control; inspection |
| 3 | French | contrôle | control; test; first-person singular present... |
| 4 | Old French | contrerole | — |
| 5 | Medieval Latin | contrarotulum | a counter-roll or register used to verify... |
| 6 | Medieval Latin | rotulus | a roll, list, catalogue, schedule, record, a... |
| 7 | Latin | rotula | a small wheel; roll |
| 8 | Arabic | رَطْل | — |
| 9 | Classical Syriac | ܪܝܛܠܐ | — |
| 10 | Classical Syriac | ܠܝܛܪܐ | libra, pound |
| 11 | French | litre | litre |
| 12 | Medieval Latin | litra | — |
| 13 | Ancient Greek | λίτρα | litra, a Sicilian silver coin; libra, a unit of... |
| 14 | Proto-Italic | *līðrā | ingot |
via Norwegian Nynorsk billett
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Nynorsk | billett | a ticket |
| 2 | French | billet | ticket; note, a brief message; banknote |
| 3 | Old French | billette | billet |
| 4 | Old French | bille | stick; baton; written decree, announcement |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | billia | — |
| 6 | Gaulish | bilia | tall tree |
| 7 | Proto-Celtic | belyom | tree |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰolh₃yom | leaf |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰleh₃- | bloom, flower |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |