Where does “fasadklättrare” come from?
fasadklättrare (Swedish) comes from Swedish fasad, from French façade, from Italian facciata, from Italian faccia, from Late Latin facia, from Latin faciēs, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium.
fasadklättrare (Swedish): a person who climbs the outside of a (taller) building (to get into upper floor(s), for example to steal), (sometimes) a cat burglar
Definitions
- a person who climbs the outside of a (taller) building (to get into upper floor(s), for example to steal), (sometimes) a cat burglar
Ancestry of “fasadklättrare”, step by step
fasadklättrare traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish fasad
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | fasad | a facade, usually the front side |
| 2 | French | façade | façade of a building |
| 3 | Italian | facciata | front; frontage; facade, façade; side; exterior |
| 4 | Italian | faccia | face; countenance, expression, face; side |
| 5 | Late Latin | facia | — |
| 6 | Latin | faciēs | make, form, shape, figure, configuration |
| 7 | Latin | faciō | to do |
| 8 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 9 | Latin | -tōrius | ory |
| 10 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |
via Swedish klättrare
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | klättrare | climber, a person who climbs |
| 2 | Swedish | klättra | to climb |
| 3 | German | klettern | to climb |
| 4 | German | kletten | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | gleyt- | to cling to, cleave, stick |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | gley- | to glue, paste, stick together; to glue, stick... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | gel- | to be cold, to freeze |