Where does “abelreĝino” come from?
abelreĝino (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.
abelreĝino (Esperanto): queen bee
Definitions
- queen bee
Ancestry of “abelreĝino”, step by step
abelreĝino 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 reĝino
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | reĝino | female monarch. queen regnant; wife of a king,... |
| 2 | Esperanto | reĝo | a king; king "or" queen |
| 3 | Latin | regis | genitive singular of rēx; second-person singular... |
| 4 | Latin | rex | king, ruler; despot, tyrant; king |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | rēks | king |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃rḗǵs | king, ruler |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃reǵ- | to straighten, to right oneself; right; just |