Where does “felietonistka” come from?
felietonistka (Polish) comes from Polish felietonista, from Polish felieton, from French feuilleton, from French feuillet, from Old French feuil, from Latin folia, from Latin folium, from Proto-Italic *foljom.
Ancestry of “felietonistka”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Polish | felietonista | feuilletonist, columnist |
| 2 | Polish | felieton | opinion piece |
| 3 | French | feuilleton | soap opera |
| 4 | French | feuillet | page, leaf; layer; omasum, manyplies |
| 5 | Old French | feuil | — |
| 6 | Latin | folia | nominative plural of folium; accusative plural of... |
| 7 | Latin | folium | a leaf; a petal; a sheet or leaf of paper |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | *foljom | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰolh₃yom | leaf |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰleh₃- | bloom, flower |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |