keisersnitt
Norwegian
noun-n1
Definitions
- (medicine) a Caesarean section
Etymology
Compound from Norwegian Bokmål keiser (Caesar) + Norwegian Bokmål snitt derived from Latin sectio (excision, cutting off, etc, amputation of diseased parts of the body, cutting).
Origin
Latin
sectio
Gloss
excision, cutting off, etc, amputation of diseased parts of the body, cutting
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Caesar Latin
- sectio Latin
- secō Latin
- Sektion German
- sectie Dutch, Flemish
- *sek- Proto-Indo-European
- avsnitt Norwegian Bokmål
- grensesnitt Norwegian Bokmål
- keiser Norwegian Bokmål
- keiserinne Norwegian Bokmål
- keiserlig Norwegian Bokmål
- keiserrike Norwegian Bokmål
- linoleumssnitt Norwegian Bokmål
- seksjon Norwegian Bokmål
- snitt Norwegian Bokmål
- tresnitt Norwegian Bokmål
- tverrsnitt Norwegian Bokmål
- seksjon Norwegian Nynorsk
- section Old French