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Where does “Ido” come from?

Ido is an artificial language created in 1907 as a reform of Esperanto, from which it derives its name ido, meaning "offspring" or "descendant" in Esperanto.

Ancestry of “Ido”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1IdoIdoIdo
2Esperantoidochild ; offspring; young
3Esperanto-idooffspring; immature animal
4Latin-idesson of
5Ancient Greek-ίδηςson of
6Ancient Greek-ήςadjective suffix
7Proto-Indo-European-ēsPrimarily forms adjectival bahuvrīhi compounds
8Proto-Indo-European-ess—
9Proto-Indo-European-osCreates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;...
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