Where does “Fastsezono” come from?
Fastsezono (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto fasto, from Esperanto fasti, from Yiddish פֿאַסטן, from Middle High German vasten, from Old High German fastēn, from Proto-West Germanic *fastēn, from Proto-Germanic fastāną, from Proto-Germanic -āną — he, she.
Fastsezono (Esperanto): Lent
Definitions
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Ancestry of “Fastsezono”, step by step
Fastsezono traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Esperanto fasto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | fasto | a fast, i.e., a period of not eating; fasting |
| 2 | Esperanto | fasti | to fast |
| 3 | Yiddish | פֿאַסטן | fast |
| 4 | Middle High German | vasten | — |
| 5 | Old High German | fastēn | to fast |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | *fastēn | to fast, to abstain from food and/or drink |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | fastāną | to observe, hold firm to; to fast, to abstain... |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | -āną | Creates factitive verbs from adjectives, later... |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | -ajaną | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -oyéti | Creates factitive verbs from adjectives |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 13 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via Esperanto sezono
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | sezono | season |
| 2 | French | saison | season |
| 3 | Old French | saison | season |
| 4 | Latin | satiō | to satisfy |
| 5 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 6 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 7 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 8 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 9 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 10 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 11 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 12 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |