Where does “ĉifono” come from?
ĉifono (Esperanto) comes from French chiffon, from French chiffe, from Middle French chiffe, from Old French chipe, from Middle English chip, from Old English ċipp, from Old English ċippian, from Proto-Germanic kipp- — to split; divide; germinate; sprout; to split;...
ĉifono (Esperanto): rag
Ancestry of “ĉifono”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | chiffon | rag; scrap |
| 2 | French | chiffe | rag; drip |
| 3 | Middle French | chiffe | cloth, old rag |
| 4 | Old French | chipe | rag; bit, scrap |
| 5 | Middle English | chip | fragment, worthless thing; chip, shard, fragment |
| 6 | Old English | ċipp | chip; small piece of wood; chip, splinter,... |
| 7 | Old English | ċippian | to cut; hew |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | kipp- | to chop; split; to cut; carve; hack; chop |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵey- | to split; divide; germinate; sprout; to split;... |