Where does “abelkesto” come from?
abelkesto (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto abelo, from French abeille, from French -é, from Middle French -é, from Old French -é, from Latin -a, from Proto-Italic -ā, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂.
abelkesto (Esperanto): beehive
Definitions
- beehive
Ancestry of “abelkesto”, step by step
abelkesto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Esperanto abelo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | abelo | bee |
| 2 | French | abeille | bee, honeybee; a writer whose style is considered... |
| 3 | French | -é | past participle root verb suffix of regular -er... |
| 4 | Middle French | -é | past participle root verb suffix of regular; -ed, -en, -n |
| 5 | Old French | -é | used to form past participles of regular -er... |
| 6 | Latin | -a | suffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -ā | Forms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂ | — |
via Esperanto kesto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | kesto | box, chest |
| 2 | German | Kiste | chest, box; bed, sleeping furniture; old banger,... |
| 3 | Middle High German | kiste | — |
| 4 | Old High German | kista | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | *kistu | — |
| 6 | Latin | cista | a trunk, a chest, a casket; vocative singular of... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | κύστις | bladder |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)kewH- | to cover, bedeck; cover |