Where does “intervjua” come from?
intervjua (Swedish) comes from Swedish intervju, from English interview, from French interviewer, from English interviewer, from English -er, from Middle English -er, from Old French -er, from Latin -āre — he, she.
intervjua (Swedish): to interview
Definitions
- to interview
Ancestry of “intervjua”, step by step
intervjua traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish intervju
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | intervju | interview |
| 2 | English | interview | An official face-to-face meeting of monarchs or... |
| 3 | French | interviewer | to interview; interviewer |
| 4 | English | interviewer | One who interviews |
| 5 | English | -er | A person or thing that does an action indicated... |
| 6 | Middle English | -er | agentive suffix; agent noun suffix |
| 7 | Old French | -er | Alternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;... |
| 8 | Latin | -āre | first conjugation |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 13 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via Swedish a
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | a | from |
| 2 | Swedish | avlopp | a drain; sewage |
| 3 | Swedish | lopp | a race (running competition or (in an extended sense) other speed competition, like in English) |
| 4 | Swedish | löpa | to run along, stretch; to run, to move quickly... |
| 5 | Old Swedish | løpa | to run |
| 6 | Old Norse | hlaupa | to leap, jump, spring |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | hlaupaną | to jump forward, to leap |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | klaup- | — |