Where does “adventskalender” come from?
adventskalender (Swedish) comes from Swedish advent, from Old Swedish advent, from Latin adventus, from Latin adveniō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en — in.
adventskalender (Swedish): an Advent calendar
Definitions
- an Advent calendar
Ancestry of “adventskalender”, step by step
adventskalender traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish advent
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | advent | Advent |
| 2 | Old Swedish | advent | — |
| 3 | Latin | adventus | arrival, approach, advent; Advent |
| 4 | Latin | adveniō | to come to, to arrive |
| 5 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 6 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 7 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 8 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
via Swedish kalender
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | kalender | a calendar; an annual publication |
| 2 | German | Kalender | calendar; agenda, scheduler, planner; omasum |
| 3 | Latin | calendārium | an account book or debt book |
| 4 | Latin | Calendae | Abbreviation Cal; astronomical new moon; calends |
| 5 | Latin | calāre | — |
| 6 | Latin | chalāre | — |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | χαλάω | I slacken; I loosen; I become slack; I become... |