Where does “måbrafilm” come from?

måbrafilm (Swedish) comes from Swedish bra, from Swedish braf, from Low German brav, from French brave, from Italian bravo, from Vulgar Latin bravus, from Latin barbarus, from Ancient Greek βάρβαρος.

måbrafilm (Swedish): feel-good movie

Definitions

  1. feel-good movie

Ancestry of “måbrafilm”, step by step

måbrafilm traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish bra

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishbragood; well
2Swedishbrafgood, brave
3Low Germanbrav—
4Frenchbravebrave; honest; hero
5Italianbravogood, well-behaved; good, skilful, capable,...
6Vulgar Latinbravus—
7Latinbarbarusforeign; savage; uncivilized
8Ancient Greekβάρβαροςnon-Greek-speaking, foreign; barbaric, brutal,...
9Proto-Indo-Europeanbalb-—

via Swedish må

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishmåmay
2Old Swedishmaghato be able, to have the strength to
3Old Norsemegamust, may; to be able to
4Proto-Germanicmaganąto be able, may
5Proto-Indo-European(me)mógʰeto have power, to be able to
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmegʰ-to be able

via Swedish film

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishfilmfilm; a thin layer; film; medium used to capture...
2Swedishhistoriahistory; A story, plot; A joke or anecdote
Every word from Proto-Indo-European balb- →Every word from Ancient Greek βάρβαρος →Every word from Latin barbarus →