Where does “ĝirafaro” come from?

ĝirafaro (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto -aro, from Russian -а́рь, from Proto-Slavic -ařь, from Gothic -𐌰𐍂𐌴𐌹𐍃, from Proto-Germanic -ārijaz, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios — Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals).

ĝirafaro (Esperanto): a tower (group) of giraffes

Definitions

  1. a tower (group) of giraffes

Ancestry of “ĝirafaro”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperanto-aroa coherent collection for a noun
2Russian-а́рьer, -or
3Proto-Slavic-ařь-er
4Gothic-𐌰𐍂𐌴𐌹𐍃-er
5Proto-Germanic-ārijaz-er
6Latin-āriuser
7Proto-Italic*-āziosForms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals)
Every word from Proto-Italic *-āzios →Every word from Latin -ārius →Every word from Esperanto -aro →