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Where does “overflatisk” come from?

overflatisk (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.

overflatisk (Norwegian Nynorsk): superficial, shallow; cursory

Definitions

  1. superficial, shallow; cursory

Ancestry of “overflatisk”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Nynorskoverflatesurface
2Germanoberfläche—
3Latinsuperficiēs—
4Latinfaciēs—
5Latinfaciō—
6Latin-toriumnominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative...
7Latin-tōrius—
8Latin-tor-er
9Proto-Italic-tōr—
10Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
11Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—
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