Where does “overflatespenning” come from?
overflatespenning (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Norwegian Nynorsk overflate, from German oberfläche, from Latin superficiēs, from Latin faciēs, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius, from Latin -tor.
overflatespenning (Norwegian Nynorsk): surface tension
Definitions
- surface tension
Ancestry of “overflatespenning”, step by step
overflatespenning traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Nynorsk overflate
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Nynorsk | overflate | surface |
| 2 | German | oberfläche | surface |
| 3 | Latin | superficiēs | the top, surface |
| 4 | Latin | faciēs | make, form, shape, figure, configuration |
| 5 | Latin | faciō | to do |
| 6 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 7 | Latin | -tōrius | ory |
| 8 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |