Where does “sovetablett” come from?
sovetablett (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Norwegian Nynorsk tablett, from French tablette, from Old French tablete, from Old French -eté, from Latin -ittus, from Proto-Italic -tos, from Proto-Indo-European -tós — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.
sovetablett (Norwegian Nynorsk): a sleeping pill
Definitions
- a sleeping pill
Ancestry of “sovetablett”, step by step
sovetablett traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Nynorsk tablett
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Nynorsk | tablett | a tablet or pill |
| 2 | French | tablette | tablet; bar |
| 3 | Old French | tablete | small table; a board to be written on; tablet |
| 4 | Old French | -eté | variant of -té |
| 5 | Latin | -ittus | diminutive suffix, used to create nouns |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -tos | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tós | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |