Where does “teaterföreställning” come from?
teaterföreställning (Swedish) comes from Swedish teater, from German Theater, from French théâtre, from Middle French théâtre, from Old French theatre, from Latin theātrum, from Ancient Greek θέατρον, from Ancient Greek -τρον — Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
teaterföreställning (Swedish): a theatrical performance, a play
Definitions
- a theatrical performance, a play
Ancestry of “teaterföreställning”, step by step
teaterföreställning traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish teater
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | teater | theatre; a theatre |
| 2 | German | Theater | theater; theatrical company, troupe, theater... |
| 3 | French | théâtre | theatre; a movie theater |
| 4 | Middle French | théâtre | — |
| 5 | Old French | theatre | Alternative form of teatre |
| 6 | Latin | theātrum | A theatre or theater, playhouse; stage |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | θέατρον | theatre, gathering place; play, spectacle |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | -τρον | Forms instrument nouns |
| 9 | Proto-Hellenic | -tron | Forms instrument nouns from verb stems |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -trom | Forms nouns denoting a tool or instrument |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -tḗr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
via Swedish föreställa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | föreställa | to present, to show, to depict; to present, to... |
| 2 | Swedish | före | in front of; ahead of; before; earlier in time... |
| 3 | Old Swedish | fȳrir | — |
| 4 | Old Norse | fýrir | before, in front of |
| 5 | Old Norse | því | dative singular of þat; therefore, for that... |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | *sa | — |
| 7 | Proto-Austronesian | *əsa | — |
| 8 | Proto-Oceanic | *isa | — |