Where does “ĉerizarbo” come from?
ĉerizarbo (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto ĉerizo, from English cerise, from French cerise, from Spanish cereza, from Portuguese cereja, from Vulgar Latin ceresia, from Latin ceresium, from Latin cerasium — pear-tree.
ĉerizarbo (Esperanto): cherry tree
Definitions
- cherry tree
Ancestry of “ĉerizarbo”, step by step
ĉerizarbo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Esperanto ĉerizo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | ĉerizo | cherry |
| 2 | English | cerise | A deep, bright red colour tinted with pink;... |
| 3 | French | cerise | cerise colour; cherry; cerise |
| 4 | Spanish | cereza | cherry red; cherry |
| 5 | Portuguese | cereja | cherry |
| 6 | Vulgar Latin | ceresia | — |
| 7 | Latin | ceresium | — |
| 8 | Latin | cerasium | cherry, fruit of the cherry tree |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | κεράσιον | cherry; cherry tree |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | κερασός | bird cherry, "Prunus avium" |
| 11 | Akkadian | ???? | pear-tree |
via Esperanto arbo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | arbo | tree |
| 2 | French | arbre | tree; axle; drive shaft |
| 3 | Old French | arbre | tree |
| 4 | Latin | arbor | a tree; something made from a tree, of wood; the... |
| 5 | Latin | arbos | Alternative form of arbor |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃erdʰ- | to increase, grow; upright, high |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -wós | Creates adjectives from verb stems |