Where does “specialeffekt” come from?
specialeffekt (Swedish) comes from Swedish effekt, from Latin effectus, from Latin efficiō, from Latin ex, from Latin commūnicō, from Latin commūnis, from Old Latin com(m)oinis, from Proto-Italic kommoinis — resin, gum; to say, speak.
specialeffekt (Swedish): a special effect
Definitions
- a special effect
Ancestry of “specialeffekt”, step by step
specialeffekt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish effekt
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | effekt | effect, impact; power; measure of the rate of... |
| 2 | Latin | effectus | made out, worked out, completed, finished,... |
| 3 | Latin | efficiō | to make out or work out; effect, execute, complete, accomplish, make, form, compose |
| 4 | Latin | ex | A name of the letter "X"; out of, from |
| 5 | Latin | commūnicō | to impart, share |
| 6 | Latin | commūnis | common, commonplace, ordinary, general, universal, shared, shared alike, of both sides, belonging to two or more together |
| 7 | Old Latin | com(m)oinis | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | kommoinis | common |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱom-moy-ni- | held in common |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 12 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 13 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 14 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 15 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 16 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
via Swedish special
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | special | a large-scale map folded into the main map or nautical chart |