Where does “minigolfbana” come from?
minigolfbana (Swedish) comes from Swedish minigolf, from English minigolf, from English mini-, from English miniature, from Italian miniatura, from Italian miniare, from Latin miniare, from Latin minium.
minigolfbana (Swedish): a miniature golf course, a minigolf course
Definitions
- a miniature golf course, a minigolf course
Ancestry of “minigolfbana”, step by step
minigolfbana traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish minigolf
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | minigolf | miniature golf, minigolf |
| 2 | English | minigolf | Miniature golf |
| 3 | English | mini- | Smaller version of an item than usual; With the... |
| 4 | English | miniature | Greatly diminished size or form; reduced scale; A... |
| 5 | Italian | miniatura | miniature; thumbnail |
| 6 | Italian | miniare | to illuminate; to miniate |
| 7 | Latin | miniare | — |
| 8 | Latin | minium | native cinnabar; red lead, minium |
| 9 | Latin | -um | nominative neuter singular of -us; accusative... |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | *-om | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | *-oHom | — |
via Swedish bana
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | bana | a path, a race, a track; a track, a railroad; a... |
| 2 | Middle Low German | bāne | — |
| 3 | Old Saxon | bana | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *banu | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | banō | a battlefield; a clearing; open space; a cleared... |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | banô | murderer |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷʰon-on- | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷʰen- | to strike, slay, kill |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰon- | — |