Where does “Vikivortaro” come from?
Vikivortaro (Esperanto) comes from English Wiktionary, from English Dictionary, from Middle English dixionare, from Medieval Latin dictionarium, from Latin dictiō, from Latin dictus, from Latin dīcō, from Latin -tiō — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
Vikivortaro (Esperanto): Wiktionary
Definitions
- Wiktionary
Ancestry of “Vikivortaro”, step by step
Vikivortaro traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via English Wiktionary
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 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 |
| 2 | English | Dictionary | Nickname for a swot or studious person, or one who uses needlessly complicated words |
| 3 | Middle English | dixionare | dictionary |
| 4 | Medieval Latin | dictionarium | dictionary |
| 5 | Latin | dictiō | a saying, speaking, speech, talk, oratory |
| 6 | Latin | dictus | said, uttered; mentioned, spoken, having been... |
| 7 | Latin | dīcō | to say, talk, speak, utter, mention |
| 8 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 9 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 10 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 11 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 12 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 13 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 14 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 15 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via Esperanto vortaro
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | vortaro | vocabulary; dictionary |
| 2 | Esperanto | vorto | word; promise, word |
| 3 | English | Word | Scripture; The Bible; The creative word of God;... |
| 4 | English | worth | Having a value of; proper to be exchanged for;... |
| 5 | Middle English | worth | to become |
| 6 | Old English | weorþ | worth, deserving; honoured, esteemed; worth,... |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | werþaz | worthy, valuable |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | wert- | to turn, to rotate |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | wer- | to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel |
via Esperanto vikio
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | vikio | wiki |