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
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | Vikivortaro | Wiktionary |
| 2 | English | Wiktionary | A collaborative project run by the Wikimedia Foundation to produce a free and complete dictionary in every language; the dictionaries, collectively, produced by that project |
| 3 | English | Dictionary | Nickname for a swot or studious person, or one who uses needlessly complicated words |
| 4 | Middle English | dixionare | dictionary |
| 5 | Medieval Latin | dictionarium | dictionary |
| 6 | Latin | dictiō | a saying, speaking, speech, talk, oratory |
| 7 | Latin | dictus | said, uttered; mentioned, spoken, having been... |
| 8 | Latin | dīcō | to say, talk, speak, utter, mention |
| 9 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 10 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 11 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 12 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 13 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 14 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 15 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 16 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |