Where does “suterräng” come from?
suterräng (Swedish) comes from French souterrain, from French sous, from Middle French soubs, from Old French soz, from Latin subtus, from Latin sub, from Proto-Italic supo, from Proto-Indo-European upó.
suterräng (Swedish): A design technique in which a multistorey building is partially embedded in the terrain (due to differences in surrounding elevation), often resulting in having more than one ground floor or street level
Definitions
- A design technique in which a multistorey building is partially embedded in the terrain (due to differences in surrounding elevation), often resulting in having more than one ground floor or street level
Ancestry of “suterräng”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | souterrain | underground; underground passage, tunnel |
| 2 | French | sous | below, under; plural of sou; money |
| 3 | Middle French | soubs | under; underneath |
| 4 | Old French | soz | under |
| 5 | Latin | subtus | below, underneath, beneath |
| 6 | Latin | sub | under, beneath; behind; at the feet of |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | supo | under |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | upó | under, below |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ewp- | — |