Where does “bensinpris” come from?
bensinpris (Swedish) comes from Swedish pris, from French prise, from Old French prise, from Old French prendre, from Latin prendere, from Latin prehendere, from Latin prae-, from Proto-Italic prai- — passed , crossed.
bensinpris (Swedish): price of gasoline
Definitions
- price of gasoline
Ancestry of “bensinpris”, step by step
bensinpris traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish pris
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | pris | price, cost of an action; price, cost to gain... |
| 2 | French | prise | socket, wall socket; hold; grip |
| 3 | Old French | prise | seizure; taking; capture |
| 4 | Old French | prendre | to take |
| 5 | Latin | prendere | third-person plural perfect active indicative of... |
| 6 | Latin | prehendere | third-person plural perfect active indicative of... |
| 7 | Latin | prae- | before; in front; in charge |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | prai- | pre-, before |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | preh₂- | before, in front |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |
via Swedish bensin
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | bensin | gasoline, petrol |
| 2 | German | Benzin | petrol, gasoline |
| 3 | German | -īn | creates the female form for many nouns for living beings; umlaut usually occurs in monosyllables, but rarely in polysyllables |
| 4 | Latin | -īnus | of or pertaining to; -ine |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -īnos | of/belonging to |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -iHnos | Creates adjectives of materials |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -no- | adjectival suffix |