Where does “rapportkarl” come from?
rapportkarl (Swedish) comes from Swedish rapport, from French rapport, from French rapporter, from French apporter, from Latin apportō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în — in.
rapportkarl (Swedish): orderly person who forwards military reports
Definitions
- orderly person who forwards military reports
Ancestry of “rapportkarl”, step by step
rapportkarl traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish rapport
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | rapport | a report |
| 2 | French | rapport | ratio; report; relationship |
| 3 | French | rapporter | To bring back; To retrieve; To fetch |
| 4 | French | apporter | to bring (something) |
| 5 | Latin | apportō | to bring, carry, conduct or convey to; import |
| 6 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 7 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 8 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 9 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |