Where does “sivilingeniør” come from?

sivilingeniør (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Norwegian Nynorsk ingeniør, from French ingénieur, from Old French engigneor, from Latin ingeniator, from Latin ingeniārius, from Latin ingenium, from Latin gignere, from Latin genere — to produce, to beget, to give birth.

sivilingeniør (Norwegian Nynorsk): in Norway an engineer with a master's degree in technology. The title does not correspond with, despite the similarity of the name

Definitions

  1. in Norway an engineer with a master's degree in technology. The title does not correspond with, despite the similarity of the name

Ancestry of “sivilingeniør”, step by step

sivilingeniør traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Nynorsk ingeniør

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Nynorskingeniørengineer
2Frenchingénieurengineer; conductor
3Old Frenchengigneordeceiver; one who deceives; engineer
4Latiningeniatorengineer
5Latiningeniāriusan engineer
6Latiningeniuminnate or natural quality, natural character;...
7Latingigneresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
8Latingenereablative singular of genus; to beget, produce
9Latingenusbirth, origin, lineage, descent; kind, type,...
10Proto-Italicgenoslineage, origin
11Proto-Indo-Europeanǵénh₁osrace, lineage
12Proto-Indo-Europeanǵenh₁-to produce, to beget, to give birth

via Norwegian Nynorsk sivil

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Nynorsksivilcivilian; civilian clothing
2Latincīvīlis
3Latin-ilis-ile
4Proto-Italic-elis
5Proto-Indo-European-elis
6Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁-Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵénh₁osEvery word from Proto-Italic genos