Where does “lojalitetskort” come from?
lojalitetskort (Swedish) comes from Swedish kört, from Danish kort, from Low German kort, from German karte, from Middle High German karte, from Old French carte, from Latin charta, from French cartel — to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines.
lojalitetskort (Swedish): A loyalty card
Definitions
- A loyalty card
Ancestry of “lojalitetskort”, step by step
lojalitetskort traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish kört
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | kört | short |
| 2 | Danish | kort | short; brief; briefly |
| 3 | Low German | kort | a card |
| 4 | German | karte | card flat, normally rectangular piece of stiff paper, plastic etc |
| 5 | Middle High German | karte | — |
| 6 | Old French | carte | Alternative form of chartre |
| 7 | Latin | charta | papyrus, paper; poem, a writing; map |
| 8 | French | cartel | a cartel |
| 9 | Italian | cartello | sign, notice, placard, signboard; signpost, road... |
| 10 | Italian | carta | paper; map; menu |
| 11 | Latin | carta | papyrus; letter etc |
| 12 | Ancient Greek | χάρτης | sheet of paper, paper; book |
| 13 | Ancient Greek | χαράσσω | to sharpen; to engrave, carve, write, draw, stamp |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰer- | to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines |
via Swedish lojalitet
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | lojalitet | loyalty, faithfulness, dedication |
| 2 | German | Loyalität | loyalty |
| 3 | French | loyauté | loyalty |
| 4 | Middle French | loyaulte | — |
| 5 | Old French | loiauté | loyalty |
| 6 | Old French | loiaus | inflection of loial: ## masculine oblique... |
| 7 | Old French | loial | loyal |
| 8 | Old French | leial | Alternative form of loial |
| 9 | Latin | lēgālis | legal |
| 10 | Latin | lēx | a proposition or motion for a law made to the people by a magistrate, a bill |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | lēg- | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ-s | — |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |