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Where does “aĉulo” come from?

aĉulo (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto aĉa, from Esperanto -aĉ-, from Italian -accio, from Latin -aceum, from Latin -aceus, from Latin -eus, from Ancient Greek -εῖος, from Proto-Indo-European -iHwós — Creates adjectives from verb stems.

aĉulo (Esperanto): jerk, scoundrel

Definitions

  1. jerk, scoundrel

Ancestry of “aĉulo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantoaĉaawful, terrible, lousy, horrendous, rotten,...
2Esperanto-aĉ-Used to denote substandard degree, lack of...
3Italian-accioAlterative suffix used to form pejoratives
4Latin-aceumnominative neuter singular of -āceus; accusative...
5Latin-aceus-aceous; resembling, having the nature of,...
6Latin-eusargentum + API → argenteus; ferrum + API →...
7Ancient Greek-εῖοςForms adjectives, usually with a meaning of "of"...
8Proto-Indo-European-iHwós—
9Proto-Indo-European-wósCreates adjectives from verb stems
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