Where does “tunnelbanestation” come from?
tunnelbanestation (Swedish) comes from Swedish station, from Old French estation, from Latin statiō, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus, from Latin disserere, from Latin dis- — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
tunnelbanestation (Swedish): metro station
Definitions
- metro station
Ancestry of “tunnelbanestation”, step by step
tunnelbanestation traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish station
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | station | station |
| 2 | Old French | estation | garrison; pause; break; visit to a church for... |
| 3 | Latin | statiō | outpost, picket |
| 4 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 5 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 6 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 7 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 8 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 9 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 10 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via Swedish tunnelbana
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | tunnelbana | subway; underground railway |
| 2 | Swedish | bana | a path, a race, a track; a track, a railroad; a... |
| 3 | Middle Low German | bāne | — |
| 4 | Old Saxon | bana | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *banu | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | banō | a battlefield; a clearing; open space; a cleared... |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | banô | murderer |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷʰon-on- | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷʰen- | to strike, slay, kill |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰon- | — |