Where does “lobba” come from?
lobba (Swedish) comes from English lob, from English long, from English longitude, from Old French longitude, from Latin longitūdō, from Latin longus, from Latin -ē, from Latin dis- — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
lobba (Swedish): to lob (throw or hit in a high arch)
Definitions
- to lob (throw or hit in a high arch)
Ancestry of “lobba”, step by step
lobba traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English lob
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | lob | To throw or hit a ball into the air in a high... |
| 2 | English | long | Having much distance from one terminating point... |
| 3 | English | longitude | Angular distance measured west or east of the... |
| 4 | Old French | longitude | — |
| 5 | Latin | longitūdō | length, longitude; longness |
| 6 | Latin | longus | far, long; extended, prolonged; long; tedious,... |
| 7 | Latin | -ē | ly; used to form adverbs from adjectives |
| 8 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 9 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 10 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via Swedish lobbyera
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | lobbyera | to lobby (for or against something) |
| 2 | Swedish | lobby | a lobby (entryway or reception area) |
| 3 | English | lobby | An entryway or reception area; vestibule;... |
| 4 | Latin | lobia | — |
| 5 | Latin | laubĭa | penthouse, gallery, arcade, portico, lodge |
| 6 | Frankish | laubijā | shelter; arbour; shelter, arbour; arbour, shelter |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | laub | leaf; foliage |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | laubą | leaf |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | lewp- | peel, break off; to flake off, peel, damage; to... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | lew- | dirt, mud; to cut, remove, prune, separate; to... |