Where does “vitlökspulver” come from?
vitlökspulver (Swedish) comes from Swedish vitlök, from Swedish lök, from Swedish lokomotiv, from English locomotive, from French locomotif, from Vulgar Latin motivus, from Latin motus, from Latin movere — to move.
vitlökspulver (Swedish): garlic powder
Definitions
- garlic powder
Ancestry of “vitlökspulver”, step by step
vitlökspulver traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish vitlök
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | vitlök | garlic, Allium sativum |
| 2 | Swedish | lök | onion; a genus of plants. See also "Allium"; the... |
| 3 | Swedish | lokomotiv | a locomotive |
| 4 | English | locomotive | The power unit of a train that pulls the coaches... |
| 5 | French | locomotif | locomotive |
| 6 | Vulgar Latin | motivus | moving; stirred; moved |
| 7 | Latin | motus | moved, stirred, disturbed, having been moved;... |
| 8 | Latin | movere | present active infinitive of moveō; second-person... |
| 9 | Latin | moveo | I move, stir, set in motion; I disturb, shake,... |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | moweō | to move |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | mew- | to move |