Where does “bussrute” come from?
bussrute (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Norwegian Nynorsk buss, from English bus, from English omnibus, from French omnibus, from Latin omnibus, from Latin omnis, from Proto-Italic opnis, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ep-ni-s — to work, toil, make; ability, force.
bussrute (Norwegian Nynorsk): a bus route
Definitions
- a bus route
Ancestry of “bussrute”, step by step
bussrute traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Nynorsk buss
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Nynorsk | buss | bus; a quid of chewing tobacco; The middel,... |
| 2 | English | bus | A motor vehicle for transporting large numbers of... |
| 3 | English | omnibus | A vehicle set up to carry many people; An... |
| 4 | French | omnibus | Pertaining to a local; omnibus, bus |
| 5 | Latin | omnibus | dative masculine plural of omnis; dative feminine... |
| 6 | Latin | omnis | every; all |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | opnis | every, all |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ep-ni-s | working |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ep- | to work, toil, make; ability, force |
via Norwegian Nynorsk rute
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Nynorsk | rute | square; pane; route |
| 2 | French | route | road; route, way, path |
| 3 | Old French | rote | route, path |
| 4 | Latin | rupta | nominative feminine singular of ruptus;... |
| 5 | Latin | ruptus | broken; ruptured, burst |
| 6 | Latin | rumpō | to break, burst, tear, rend, rupture; break asunder, force open |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | Hrunépti | to be breaking |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | Hrewp- | to break, tear |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | Hrew- | to tear out, dig out, open, acquire |