Where does “ĉefaĵo” come from?
ĉefaĵo (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto ĉefa, from Esperanto ĉefo, from French chef, from Middle French chief, from Old French chief, from Vulgar Latin capum, from Latin caput, from Proto-Italic kaput — to seize, hold.
ĉefaĵo (Esperanto): important thing, main idea, main thing
Definitions
- important thing, main idea, main thing
Ancestry of “ĉefaĵo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Esperanto | ĉefa | chief; main; principal |
| 2 | Esperanto | ĉefo | chief; head |
| 3 | French | chef | head; article, principal point; principal motive,... |
| 4 | Middle French | chief | head |
| 5 | Old French | chief | head; leader, chief; front |
| 6 | Vulgar Latin | capum | head, chief; head |
| 7 | Latin | caput | head; headlike protuberance on an organ or body... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | kaput | head |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | káput | head |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kap- | to seize, hold |