Where does “abelvakso” come from?

abelvakso (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.

abelvakso (Esperanto): beeswax

Definitions

  1. beeswax

Ancestry of “abelvakso”, step by step

abelvakso traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Esperanto abelo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantoabelobee
2Frenchabeillebee, honeybee; a writer whose style is considered...
3French-épast participle root verb suffix of regular -er...
4Middle French-épast participle root verb suffix of regular; -ed, -en, -n
5Old French-éused to form past participles of regular -er...
6Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
7Proto-Italic-āForms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases
8Proto-Indo-European-éh₂—

via Esperanto vakso

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantovaksowax
2EnglishwaxBeeswax; Earwax; Any oily, water-resistant...
3Middle Englishwaxwax beeswax, sealing wax, etc
4Old Englishweaxwax
5Proto-West Germanicwahs—
6Proto-Germanicwahsąwax
7Proto-Indo-Europeanwoḱ-so-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂ →Every word from Latin -a →Every word from French -é →