Where does “detektivarbeid” come from?
detektivarbeid (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Norwegian Nynorsk detektiv, from English detective, from English detect, from Latin detectus, from Latin dē-, from Latin dē, from Latin post, from Latin poste — afterwards, post; by, at.
detektivarbeid (Norwegian Nynorsk): detective work
Ancestry of “detektivarbeid”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Norwegian Nynorsk | detektiv | a detective |
| 2 | English | detective | A police officer who looks for evidence as part... |
| 3 | English | detect | to discover or find by careful search,... |
| 4 | Latin | detectus | uncovered, revealed, disclosed |
| 5 | Latin | dē- | — |
| 6 | Latin | dē | — |
| 7 | Latin | post | behind; after, since, besides, except; behind,... |
| 8 | Latin | poste | ablative singular of postis |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | posti | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pósti | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | pós | afterwards, post; by, at |