Where does “візитівка” come from?
візитівка (Ukrainian) comes from Ukrainian візи́т, from French visite, from French visiter, from Middle French visiter, from Latin vīsitō, from Latin -ito, from Latin -tō, from Latin -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.
візитівка (Ukrainian): business card, calling card
Definitions
- business card, calling card
Ancestry of “візитівка”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ukrainian | візи́т | visit |
| 2 | French | visite | visit; third-person singular present indicative... |
| 3 | French | visiter | to visit |
| 4 | Middle French | visiter | to visit |
| 5 | Latin | vīsitō | to see |
| 6 | Latin | -ito | Forms frequentative verbs from existing verbs or... |
| 7 | Latin | -tō | Forms here |
| 8 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |