Where does “ĝisgenua ŝtrumpo” come from?
ĝisgenua ŝtrumpo (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto genuo, from French genou, from Old French genoil, from Latin genuculum, from Latin geniculum, from Latin -culus, from Proto-Italic *-kelos — Diminutive suffix.
ĝisgenua ŝtrumpo (Esperanto): knee sock
Definitions
- knee sock
Ancestry of “ĝisgenua ŝtrumpo”, step by step
ĝisgenua ŝtrumpo traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Esperanto genuo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | genuo | knee |
| 2 | French | genou | knee; lap |
| 3 | Old French | genoil | knee |
| 4 | Latin | genuculum | knee |
| 5 | Latin | geniculum | knee; little knot |
| 6 | Latin | -culus | Alternative form of -ulus; added to a noun to... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | *-kelos | Diminutive suffix |