Where does “ŝtupetaro” come from?
ŝtupetaro (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto ŝtupo, from German Stufe, from Italian stufa, from Italian stufare, from Medieval Latin stupha, from Ancient Greek τῦφος, from Ancient Greek τύφω, from Proto-Indo-European dhubh- — scatter like dust.
ŝtupetaro (Esperanto): ladder
Definitions
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Ancestry of “ŝtupetaro”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | ŝtupo | step; degree; stage |
| 2 | German | Stufe | step, tread; degree, stage, level, rank, phase;... |
| 3 | Italian | stufa | feminine singular of stufo; stove; third-person... |
| 4 | Italian | stufare | to stew; to bore or weary |
| 5 | Medieval Latin | stupha | — |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | τῦφος | a kind of fever; delusion, vanity; nonsense |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | τύφω | to smoke, fill with smoke; to consume in smoke |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | dhubh- | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dheu- | scatter like dust |