Where does “skönhetsoperation” come from?
skönhetsoperation (Swedish) comes from Swedish skönhet, from Swedish skön, from Old Swedish skön, from Middle Low German schö̂ne, from Old Saxon skōni, from Proto-West Germanic skaunī, from Proto-Germanic skaunį̄, from Proto-Germanic -į̄ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...
skönhetsoperation (Swedish): a cosmetic surgery procedure
Definitions
- a cosmetic surgery procedure
Ancestry of “skönhetsoperation”, step by step
skönhetsoperation traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish skönhet
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | skönhet | beauty; a beauty |
| 2 | Swedish | skön | beautiful, fair; comfortable; liking, preference,... |
| 3 | Old Swedish | skön | — |
| 4 | Middle Low German | schö̂ne | fine flour bread |
| 5 | Old Saxon | skōni | shiny, beautiful |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | skaunī | beautiful |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | skaunį̄ | niceness, beauty |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | -į̄ | -th |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -íh₂ | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -h₂ | Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups... |
via Swedish operation
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | operation | an operation (planned undertaking) |
| 2 | Latin | operātiō | operation |
| 3 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 4 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 5 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 6 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 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 |