Where does “bakläxa” come from?
bakläxa (Swedish) comes from Swedish läxa, from Middle Low German lexe, from Old Saxon lekzia, from Latin lēctiō, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus, from Latin disserere — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
bakläxa (Swedish): a piece of homework that has been failed and has to be (partially) redone
Definitions
- a piece of homework that has been failed and has to be (partially) redone
Ancestry of “bakläxa”, step by step
bakläxa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish läxa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | läxa | homework; lesson |
| 2 | Middle Low German | lexe | — |
| 3 | Old Saxon | lekzia | — |
| 4 | Latin | lēctiō | A picking, selecting |
| 5 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 6 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 7 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 8 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 9 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 10 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 11 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 12 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |