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Where does “Viktorino” come from?
Viktorino (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto -ino, from German -īn, from Middle High German -īn.
Ancestry of “Viktorino”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Esperanto
-ino
of feminine sex
2
German
-īn
creates the female form for many nouns for living beings; umlaut usually occurs in monosyllables, but rarely in polysyllables
3
Middle High German
-īn
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