Where does “självmedicinering” come from?
självmedicinering (Swedish) comes from Swedish medicinering, from Swedish medicinera, from Swedish -era, from French -er, from English -er, from Middle English -er, from Old French -er, from Latin -āre — he, she.
självmedicinering (Swedish): self-medication
Definitions
- self-medication
Ancestry of “självmedicinering”, step by step
självmedicinering traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish medicinering
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | medicinering | medication (administration of medicine) |
| 2 | Swedish | medicinera | to medicate |
| 3 | Swedish | -era | -ate, -ize; make a verb from a noun, similar to... |
| 4 | French | -er | Forms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs |
| 5 | English | -er | A person or thing that does an action indicated... |
| 6 | Middle English | -er | agentive suffix; agent noun suffix |
| 7 | Old French | -er | Alternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;... |
| 8 | Latin | -āre | first conjugation |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 13 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |