Where does “sabotage” come from?
sabotage (Swedish) comes from French sabotage, from French -age, from Middle French -age, from Old French -age, from Old Occitan -atge, from Latin -āticum.
sabotage (Swedish): sabotage
Definitions
- sabotage
Ancestry of “sabotage”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | sabotage | sabotage |
| 2 | French | -age | Forming nouns with the sense of "action or result... |
| 3 | Middle French | -age | forms nouns with the sense of "action or result... |
| 4 | Old French | -age | forms nouns with the sense of 'action or result... |
| 5 | Old Occitan | -atge | suffix used to form masculine nouns |
| 6 | Latin | -āticum | — |