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Where does “ĉareto” come from?

ĉareto (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto ĉaro, from Russian царь, from Old East Slavic цьсарь, from Old East Slavic цѣсарь, from Proto-Slavic cěsařь, from Proto-Germanic kaisaraz, from Latin Caesar, from Latin caesaries — hair.

ĉareto (Esperanto): hand-cart or trolley; typewriter carriage

Definitions

  1. hand-cart or trolley; typewriter carriage

Ancestry of “ĉareto”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantoĉarochariot, wagon, cart
2Russianцарьtsar, Russian emperor; king
3Old East Slavicцьсарь—
4Old East Slavicцѣсарьemperor, king
5Proto-Slaviccěsařьemperor, king
6Proto-Germanickaisarazemperor
7LatinCaesarJulius Caesar; emperor
8Latincaesariesor hair
9Proto-Indo-Europeankéysero-hair
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