Where does “upretensiøs” come from?

upretensiøs (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Norwegian Nynorsk pretensiøs, from French prétentieux, from French prétention, from French -tion, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus, from Latin disserere — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.

upretensiøs (Norwegian Nynorsk): unpretentious

Definitions

  1. unpretentious

Ancestry of “upretensiøs”, step by step

upretensiøs traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Nynorsk pretensiøs

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Nynorskpretensiøspretentious
2Frenchprétentieuxpretentious
3Frenchprétentionpretentiousness; pretension; claim
4French-tionUsed to indicate action, condition, result or...
5Latin-tiōtion, -ation, -ing
6Latindissertātiō(spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition
7Latindissertusarranged, disposed; explained
8Latindissereresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
9Latindis-asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;...
10Latincalceusshoe
11Latincalxlimestone; chalk; the finish line
12Ancient Greekχάλιξsmall stone, pebble; gravel, rubble

via Norwegian Nynorsk U

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian NynorskU
Every word from Ancient Greek χάλιξEvery word from Latin -tiōEvery word from Latin dis-
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