Where does “folkerepublikk” come from?
folkerepublikk (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Norwegian Nynorsk republikk, from French république, from Middle French république, from Latin republica, from Latin rēspublica, from Latin rēs, from Latin vindicatio, from Latin vindicō — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
folkerepublikk (Norwegian Nynorsk): a people's republic
Definitions
- a people's republic
Ancestry of “folkerepublikk”, step by step
folkerepublikk traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Nynorsk republikk
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Nynorsk | republikk | a republic |
| 2 | French | république | republic |
| 3 | Middle French | république | republic |
| 4 | Latin | republica | ablative singular of rēspublica |
| 5 | Latin | rēspublica | a republic, commonwealth; the state, nation |
| 6 | Latin | rēs | thing, object, stuff |
| 7 | Latin | vindicatio | civil lawsuit; protection, defence; vindication;... |
| 8 | Latin | vindicō | to lay claim to as one's own (often with sibi) |
| 9 | Latin | vindex | claimant, vindicator |
| 10 | Latin | dīcō | to say, talk, speak, utter, mention |
| 11 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 12 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 13 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 14 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 15 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 16 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 17 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 18 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |