Where does “ŝalupo” come from?
ŝalupo (Esperanto) comes from French chaloupé, from Middle French chaloppe, from Old French eschalope, from Old French eschale, from Latin scāla, from Latin scandere, from Latin scandō, from Proto-Indo-European sḱend- — to jump up, ascend.
ŝalupo (Esperanto): A small ship or boat for general work in ports or rivers; a shallop or sloop
Definitions
- A small ship or boat for general work in ports or rivers; a shallop or sloop
Ancestry of “ŝalupo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | chaloupé | swinging, swaying; past participle of chalouper |
| 2 | Middle French | chaloppe | nutshell, seed husk; a sort of flat-bottomed boat |
| 3 | Old French | eschalope | shell; pod, shell, nutshell |
| 4 | Old French | eschale | shell |
| 5 | Latin | scāla | ladder |
| 6 | Latin | scandere | third-person plural perfect active indicative of... |
| 7 | Latin | scandō | to climb, ascend, mount |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | sḱend- | to jump up, ascend |