Where does “-e” come from?

-e (Esperanto) comes from Latin -ē, from Latin dis-, from Latin calceus, from Latin calx, from Ancient Greek χάλιξ — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.

-e (Esperanto): -ly; the ending for correlatives of place

Definitions

  1. -ly; the ending for correlatives of place

Ancestry of “-e”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latin-ēly; used to form adverbs from adjectives
2Latindis-asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;...
3Latincalceusshoe
4Latincalxlimestone; chalk; the finish line
5Ancient Greekχάλιξsmall stone, pebble; gravel, rubble

Words derived from “-e”

Every word from Ancient Greek χάλιξ →