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Where does “abelo” come from?

abelo (Esperanto) comes 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.

abelo (Esperanto): bee

Definitions

  1. bee

Ancestry of “abelo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchabeillebee, honeybee; a writer whose style is considered...
2French-épast participle root verb suffix of regular -er...
3Middle French-é—
4Old French-éused to form past participles of regular -er...
5Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
6Proto-Italic-ā—
7Proto-Indo-European-éh₂—

Words derived from “abelo”

  • virabelo
  • abelmanĝulo
  • abelreĝino
  • abelujo
  • abelsvarmo
  • abelejo
  • ĉefabelino
  • abelvakso
  • laborabelo
  • abelisto
  • abelo
  • abeluyo
  • abeli
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