Where does “smittorisk” come from?

smittorisk (Swedish) comes from Swedish risk, from French risqué, from Middle French risque, from Italian rischiare, from Italian -are, from Latin -ō, from Proto-Indo-European -ō — Derives nouns from roots.

smittorisk (Swedish): risk of infection (with a communicable disease)

Definitions

  1. risk of infection (with a communicable disease)

Ancestry of “smittorisk”, step by step

smittorisk traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish risk

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishriskrisk
2Frenchrisquérisky; risque, risqué; past participle of risquer
3Middle Frenchrisque
4Italianrischiareto risk, take the plunge
5Italian-areUsed, with a stem, to form the infinitive of most...
6Latinsuffixed to nouns or adjectives. Originally a-stem nouns. Later extended to nouns with other stems. Forms regular first-conjugation verbs
7Proto-Indo-EuropeanDerives nouns from roots

via Swedish smitta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishsmittaan infectious disease, an epidemic; to infect
2Middle Low Germansmitte
3Old Saxonsmītanto smite
4Proto-Germanicsmītanąto cast; sling; hurl; to hit; strike; to smear;...
5Proto-Indo-Europeansmeyd-to smear, whick, strike, rub; to smear, whisk,...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European