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Where does “inspektor” come from?

inspektor (Swedish) comes from Latin inspector, from Latin inspicio, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

inspektor (Swedish): an inspector, an officer; an inspector; a...

Definitions

  1. an inspector, an officer; an inspector; a...

Ancestry of “inspektor”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latininspectorviewer, observer, onlooker; inspector, examiner;...
2LatininspicioI examine or inspect; I consider or contemplate;...
3Latinīn-—
4Latinîn—
5Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
6Proto-Italicenin
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “inspektor”

  • byråinspektör
  • generalinspektör
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →