Where does “byråintendent” come from?
byråintendent (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.
byråintendent (Swedish): an executive officer
Definitions
- an executive officer
Ancestry of “byråintendent”, step by step
byråintendent 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 intendent
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | intendent | superintendent, curator, administrator |
| 2 | Latin | intendere | third-person plural perfect active indicative of... |
| 3 | Latin | intendo | I stretch out; I strain; I turn my attention to,... |
| 4 | Latin | in- | un-, non-, not; in, within, inside |
| 5 | Latin | in | in, at, on, upon, from; within, while in; into,... |
| 6 | Old Latin | en | in |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |