Where does “fotokonfrontation” come from?

fotokonfrontation (Swedish) comes from Swedish konfrontation, from Swedish -ation.

fotokonfrontation (Swedish): photo array identification procedure where a group of photographs is shown to an eyewitness to determine if they can identify the suspect as the perpetrator

Definitions

  1. photo array identification procedure where a group of photographs is shown to an eyewitness to determine if they can identify the suspect as the perpetrator

Ancestry of “fotokonfrontation”, step by step

fotokonfrontation traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish konfrontation

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishkonfrontationa confrontation
2Swedish-ation—

via Swedish foto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishfotophoto
Every word from Swedish -ation →Every word from Swedish konfrontation →