Where does “byrådirektör” come from?
byrådirektör (Swedish) comes from Swedish byrå, from French bureau, from Middle French burel, from Old French burel, from Old French -el, from Latin -ellus, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
byrådirektör (Swedish): senior administrative officer
Definitions
- senior administrative officer
Ancestry of “byrådirektör”, step by step
byrådirektör traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish byrå
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | byrå | a bureau, a dresser, a chest of drawers; a... |
| 2 | French | bureau | desk; office; ticket office |
| 3 | Middle French | burel | — |
| 4 | Old French | burel | frieze; a garment made out of frieze |
| 5 | Old French | -el | Suffix that usually denotes a masculine noun |
| 6 | Latin | -ellus | Alternative form of -ulus; "forming masculine... |
| 7 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |
via Swedish direktör
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | direktör | a manager; boss or leader of a company; a... |
| 2 | Ottoman Turkish | دیركتور | — |
| 3 | French | directeur | leading, managing; director; school principal |
| 4 | Latin | dīrector | director, guide, overseer |
| 5 | Latin | dīrectus | laid straight, arranged in lines, having been arranged in lines |
| 6 | Latin | dīrigō | to lay straight; arrange in lines (especially in military contexts) |
| 7 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 8 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 9 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |