Where does “departementsråd” come from?
departementsråd (Swedish) comes from Swedish departement, from French département, from Middle French département, from Old French département, from Old French departir, from Latin departiō, from Latin dē-, from Latin dē — afterwards, post; by, at.
departementsråd (Swedish): a director; a deputy director-general
Definitions
- a director; a deputy director-general
Ancestry of “departementsråd”, step by step
departementsråd traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish departement
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | departement | a ministry |
| 2 | French | département | department; département |
| 3 | Middle French | département | — |
| 4 | Old French | département | — |
| 5 | Old French | departir | to leave; to depart; departure |
| 6 | Latin | departiō | to divide |
| 7 | Latin | dē- | of; from |
| 8 | Latin | dē | of; concerning; about |
| 9 | Latin | post | behind; after, since, besides, except; behind,... |
| 10 | Latin | poste | ablative singular of postis |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | posti | behind, after |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | pósti | after |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | pós | afterwards, post; by, at |
via Swedish råd
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | råd | a piece of advice, counsel; a means; money; a... |
| 2 | English | raid | A quick hostile or predatory incursion or... |
| 3 | Scots | raid | raid |
| 4 | Middle English | rade | quick, fast, speedy; rash, hasty, angry; eager |
| 5 | Old English | rād | road; riding, hostile incursion; riding, road |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | raidu | riding, ride |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | raidō | ride, journey; name of the R-rune |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | rīdaną | to ride |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | rēydʰ- | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂er- | to fit, to fix, to put together |