Where does “kolportageroman” come from?

kolportageroman (Swedish) comes from Swedish kolportage, from French colportage, from French colporteur, from French colporter, from Latin comportare, from Latin com-, from Latin con-, from Latin cum — resin, gum; to say, speak.

kolportageroman (Swedish): low-quality novel

Definitions

  1. low-quality novel

Ancestry of “kolportageroman”, step by step

kolportageroman traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish kolportage

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishkolportagecolportage
2Frenchcolportagecolportage
3Frenchcolporteurpeddler, hawker
4Frenchcolporterto peddle; to hawk; to spread
5Latincomportarepresent active infinitive of comportō;...
6Latincom-allomorph of con-
7Latincon-Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing...
8Latincumwith, along with; at; -fold
9Old LatincomAlternative form of cum
10Proto-Italickomwith, along, at
11Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómbeside, near, by, with
12Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
13Middle Englishkyt
14Germankittputty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes
15Old High Germankuti
16Proto-West Germanickwidugum, resin
17Proto-Germanickweduzresin
18Proto-Indo-Europeangʷet-resin, gum; to say, speak

via Swedish roman

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1SwedishromanA novel
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷet-Every word from Proto-Germanic kweduzEvery word from Proto-West Germanic kwidu
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