Where does “aĝiotisto” come from?
aĝiotisto (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto aĝioti, from French agioter, from French agio, from Italian aggio, from Old Occitan aize, from Latin adiacēns, from Latin adiaceo, from Latin ad- — in.
aĝiotisto (Esperanto): speculator in stocks, stockjobber
Definitions
- speculator in stocks, stockjobber
Ancestry of “aĝiotisto”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Esperanto | aĝioti | to speculate in stocks, engage in stockjobbing |
| 2 | French | agioter | to speculate |
| 3 | French | agio | exchange premium, agio |
| 4 | Italian | aggio | premium |
| 5 | Old Occitan | aize | ease |
| 6 | Latin | adiacēns | — |
| 7 | Latin | adiaceo | I lie beside, at, near or next to; am adjacent... |
| 8 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 9 | Latin | īn- | — |
| 10 | Latin | în | — |
| 11 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |