Where does “patentbesvär” come from?
patentbesvär (Swedish) comes from Swedish besvär, from Swedish besvära, from Swedish be, from Swedish bedja, from Portuguese velha, from Portuguese velho, from Old Portuguese velho, from Late Latin veclus — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
patentbesvär (Swedish): a patent appeal
Definitions
- a patent appeal
Ancestry of “patentbesvär”, step by step
patentbesvär traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish besvär
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | besvär | a trouble, a problem; an appeal, a complaint |
| 2 | Swedish | besvära | to bother, to trouble, to inconvenience (cause (minor) discomfort to) |
| 3 | Swedish | be | to ask for, request someone else to do something;... |
| 4 | Swedish | bedja | Dated form of be |
| 5 | Portuguese | velha | feminine singular of velho; female equivalent of... |
| 6 | Portuguese | velho | old; ancient; old; aged; old |
| 7 | Old Portuguese | velho | — |
| 8 | Late Latin | veclus | — |
| 9 | Latin | vetulus | old; little old, poor old; old man; little old... |
| 10 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |