Where does “voteringsmaskin” come from?
voteringsmaskin (Swedish) comes from Swedish votering, from Swedish votera, from English Vote, from Latin vōtum, from Latin votus, from Latin vovere, from Latin voveo, from Proto-Italic wogʷeō — to promise, to vow; to praise.
voteringsmaskin (Swedish): a voting machine, a vote counting machine
Definitions
- a voting machine, a vote counting machine
Ancestry of “voteringsmaskin”, step by step
voteringsmaskin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish votering
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | votering | a vote (in a particular question), a ballot, a referendum, the procedure of decision making by voting, a suffrage (a vote in a particular question) |
| 2 | Swedish | votera | to vote (in a particular question), to decide (a question) by voting, to grant (an amount of funding by voting), to elect (someone by voting) |
| 3 | English | Vote | A person from Votia or of Votic descent |
| 4 | Latin | vōtum | promise, dedication, vow, solemn pledge |
| 5 | Latin | votus | vowed, promised; devoted to (a deity); having been vowed |
| 6 | Latin | vovere | third-person plural perfect active indicative of... |
| 7 | Latin | voveo | I vow, promise; I dedicate or devote to a deity;... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | wogʷeō | I vow, promise; dedicate or devote to a deity; I... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁wegʷʰ- | to promise, to vow; to praise |
via Swedish maskin
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | maskin | machine |
| 2 | French | machine | machine, device; machine |
| 3 | Middle French | machine | machine; device |
| 4 | Latin | māchina | contrivance |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | μαχανά | Doric form of μηχᾰνή |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | μηχανή | contrivance, machine, device, gear; way, means |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | μῆχος | means, expedient, remedy |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | meǵʰ- | to be able |