Where does “VVS-ingenjör” come from?
VVS-ingenjör (Swedish) comes from Swedish ingenjör, 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.
VVS-ingenjör (Swedish): an engineer specifically trained in HVAC
Definitions
- an engineer specifically trained in HVAC
Ancestry of “VVS-ingenjör”, step by step
VVS-ingenjör traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish ingenjör
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | ingenjör | engineer |
| 2 | French | ingénieur | engineer; conductor |
| 3 | Old French | engigneor | deceiver; one who deceives; engineer |
| 4 | Latin | ingeniator | engineer |
| 5 | Latin | ingeniārius | an engineer |
| 6 | Latin | ingenium | innate or natural quality, natural character;... |
| 7 | Latin | gignere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 8 | Latin | genere | ablative singular of genus; to beget, produce |
| 9 | Latin | genus | birth, origin, lineage, descent; kind, type,... |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | genos | lineage, origin |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵénh₁os | race, lineage |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵenh₁- | to produce, to beget, to give birth |
via Swedish VVS
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | VVS | — |