Where does “medborgarjournalistik” come from?
medborgarjournalistik (Swedish) comes from Swedish journalistik, from Swedish journalist, from Swedish journal, from French journal, from Old French journal, from Latin diurnālis, from Latin diurnus, from Latin diēs — to be bright; sky, heaven.
medborgarjournalistik (Swedish): citizen journalism
Definitions
- citizen journalism
Ancestry of “medborgarjournalistik”, step by step
medborgarjournalistik traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish journalistik
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | journalistik | journalism |
| 2 | Swedish | journalist | a journalist |
| 3 | Swedish | journal | a journal, a magazine, a periodical |
| 4 | French | journal | That is relative to each day; journal; diary,... |
| 5 | Old French | journal | daily |
| 6 | Latin | diurnālis | diurnal of the day; that takes place during the day |
| 7 | Latin | diurnus | of the day; daily; day |
| 8 | Latin | diēs | A day, particularly |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | djēm | accusative singular of *djous |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | *djous | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | dyḗws | sky, heaven; sky god |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | dyéws | sky, heaven |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | dyew- | to be bright; sky, heaven |
via Swedish medborgare
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | medborgare | a citizen |
| 2 | Swedish | borgare | a member of the bourgeoisie, a town-dweller, a... |
| 3 | Swedish | borg | a fortified castle; a borg |
| 4 | English | Cyborg | A being which is part machine and part organic |
| 5 | English | organism | A discrete and complete living thing, such as... |
| 6 | French | organisme | organism; organisation |
| 7 | French | -ïsme | -ism, variant of -isme following vowels |
| 8 | Latin | -isma | Alternative form of -ismus; -ism |
| 9 | Latin | -ismus | -ism |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | -ισμός | Forms abstract nouns |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | -μός | Forms abstract nouns |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -mós | Creates action/result nouns from verb stems |