Where does “bilbatteri” come from?
bilbatteri (Swedish) comes from Swedish batteri, from French batterie, from Dutch batterij, from Middle French batterie, from Old French baterie, from Old French -ie, from Latin -ia, from Latin -ius — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
bilbatteri (Swedish): a car battery
Definitions
- a car battery
Ancestry of “bilbatteri”, step by step
bilbatteri traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish batteri
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | batteri | battery, accumulator; battery |
| 2 | French | batterie | battery; percussion, drum kit, battery/batterie;... |
| 3 | Dutch | batterij | battery, tactical artillery unit; electrical... |
| 4 | Middle French | batterie | battery |
| 5 | Old French | baterie | action of beating |
| 6 | Old French | -ie | indicates a feminine noun, often an abstract one |
| 7 | Latin | -ia | Used to form a feminine abstract noun, usually... |
| 8 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |
via Swedish bil
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | bil | a car, an automobile |
| 2 | Danish | bil | car, automobile |
| 3 | Danish | automobil | automobile |
| 4 | French | automobile | automotive; automobile |
| 5 | French | auto- | auto- regarding oneself |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | αὐτο- | self- |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | αὐτός | αὐτή f, αὐτό n; "first/second declension";... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ew | away from, off; again |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰe | Postpositional intensifying particle: indeed, at any rate, in fact |