Where does “-ilo” come from?

-ilo (Esperanto) comes from Proto-Germanic -ilaz, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

-ilo (Esperanto): an instrument, a tool for performing the action...

Definitions

  1. an instrument, a tool for performing the action...

Ancestry of “-ilo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanic-ilazagent suffix; diminutive suffix
2Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

Words derived from “-ilo

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lós