Where does “aĝio” come from?
aĝio (Esperanto) comes from Russian ажио, from French agio, from Italian aggio, from Old Occitan aize, from Latin adiacēns, from Latin adiaceo, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn- — in.
aĝio (Esperanto): agio; the percentage charged on the exchange of one currency into another that is more valuable
Definitions
- agio; the percentage charged on the exchange of one currency into another that is more valuable
Ancestry of “aĝio”, step by step
aĝio traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Russian ажио
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | ажио | agio |
| 2 | French | agio | exchange premium, agio |
| 3 | Italian | aggio | premium |
| 4 | Old Occitan | aize | ease |
| 5 | Latin | adiacēns | adjacent, adjoining, neighbouring |
| 6 | Latin | adiaceo | I lie beside, at, near or next to; am adjacent... |
| 7 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 8 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 9 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 10 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
via English agio
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | agio | The premium or percentage on a better sort of... |