Where does “Vikivortaristo” come from?

Vikivortaristo (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto Vikivortaro, from English Wiktionary, from English Dictionary, from Middle English dixionare, from Medieval Latin dictionarium, from Latin dictiō, from Latin dictus, from Latin dīcō — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.

Vikivortaristo (Esperanto): Wiktionarian

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Ancestry of “Vikivortaristo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EsperantoVikivortaroWiktionary
2EnglishWiktionaryA collaborative project run by the Wikimedia Foundation to produce a free and complete dictionary in every language; the dictionaries, collectively, produced by that project
3EnglishDictionaryNickname for a swot or studious person, or one who uses needlessly complicated words
4Middle Englishdixionaredictionary
5Medieval Latindictionariumdictionary
6Latindictiōa saying, speaking, speech, talk, oratory
7Latindictussaid, uttered; mentioned, spoken, having been...
8Latindīcōto say, talk, speak, utter, mention
9Latin-tiōtion, -ation, -ing
10Latindissertātiō(spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition
11Latindissertusarranged, disposed; explained
12Latindissereresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
13Latindis-asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;...
14Latincalceusshoe
15Latincalxlimestone; chalk; the finish line
16Ancient Greekχάλιξsmall stone, pebble; gravel, rubble
Every word from Ancient Greek χάλιξEvery word from Latin -tiōEvery word from Latin dis-
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