Where does “абонатка” come from?
абонатка (Bulgarian) comes from Bulgarian абонат, from Romanian abonat, from Romanian abona, from Esperanto aboni, from Italian abbonarsi, from Italian abbonare, from Italian a-, from Italian staccare — to cover; pole, stick, beam.
абонатка (Bulgarian): female subscriber
Definitions
- female subscriber
Ancestry of “абонатка”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bulgarian | абонат | subscriber |
| 2 | Romanian | abonat | subscriber |
| 3 | Romanian | abona | to subscribe |
| 4 | Esperanto | aboni | to have a subscription, subscribe to |
| 5 | Italian | abbonarsi | reflexive of abbonare; to subscribe; to buy a... |
| 6 | Italian | abbonare | to deduct |
| 7 | Italian | a- | ad-; a- |
| 8 | Italian | staccare | to remove, take or take down; to tear out; to... |
| 9 | Italian | distaccare | to separate; to remove, detach, or take off; to... |
| 10 | Middle French | destacher | to detach; to separate |
| 11 | Old French | destachier | to detach; to separate |
| 12 | Old French | atachier | to attach |
| 13 | Old French | estachier | Alternative form of atachier; bind; to fasten... |
| 14 | Old French | estache | stake; strap |
| 15 | Medieval Latin | staca | a stake |
| 16 | Gothic | 𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌺𐌰 | — |
| 17 | Proto-Germanic | stakô | stake |
| 18 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)teg- | to cover; pole, stick, beam |