Where does “kjempesuksess” come from?
kjempesuksess (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Norwegian Nynorsk suksess, from French succès, from Middle French succes, from Latin successus, from Latin succēdere, from Latin sub, from Proto-Italic supo, from Proto-Indo-European upó.
kjempesuksess (Norwegian Nynorsk): a great success
Definitions
- a great success
Ancestry of “kjempesuksess”, step by step
kjempesuksess traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Nynorsk suksess
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Nynorsk | suksess | success |
| 2 | French | succès | success; achievement |
| 3 | Middle French | succes | success |
| 4 | Latin | successus | course, flow (of time), approach |
| 5 | Latin | succēdere | — |
| 6 | Latin | sub | under, beneath; behind; at the feet of |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | supo | under |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | upó | under, below |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ewp- | — |
via Norwegian Nynorsk kjempe
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Nynorsk | kjempe | a giant, titan; ribgrass, ribwort, plantain |
| 2 | Old Norse | kempa | giant |
| 3 | Old English | cempa | soldier, warrior; champion |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | kampijō | combat soldier |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | kampijan | to battle; to campaign |
| 6 | Latin | campus | Open flat level ground: a plain, a natural field;... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | kh₂emp- | to bend; crooked; to bend, curve |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | kh₂em- | to bend, to curve |