Where does “rasdiskriminering” come from?
rasdiskriminering (Swedish) comes from Swedish diskriminering, from Swedish diskriminera, from Latin discriminare, from Latin discrimino, from Latin discrimen, from Latin discerno, from Latin dis-, from Latin calceus — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
rasdiskriminering (Swedish): racial discrimination
Definitions
- racial discrimination
Ancestry of “rasdiskriminering”, step by step
rasdiskriminering traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish diskriminering
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | diskriminering | discrimination |
| 2 | Swedish | diskriminera | to discriminate |
| 3 | Latin | discriminare | present active infinitive of discrīminō;... |
| 4 | Latin | discrimino | I distinguish |
| 5 | Latin | discrimen | distinction, difference; division, separation;... |
| 6 | Latin | discerno | I separate, set apart, divide, part; I... |
| 7 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 8 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 9 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |