Where does “absoluto” come from?
absoluto (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto absoluta, from English absolute, from Middle English absolut, from Middle French absolut, from Latin absolūtus, from Latin absolvō, from Latin solvo, from Latin sē- — six.
absoluto (Esperanto): absolute realm which exists without reference to anything else
Definitions
- absolute realm which exists without reference to anything else
Ancestry of “absoluto”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | absoluta | absolute; positive |
| 2 | English | absolute | Free of restrictions, limitations, qualifications... |
| 3 | Middle English | absolut | — |
| 4 | Middle French | absolut | — |
| 5 | Latin | absolūtus | concluded, finished, complete, having been ended |
| 6 | Latin | absolvō | to release, discharge |
| 7 | Latin | solvo | to loosen, untie, undo; free [up], release, acquit, exempt |
| 8 | Latin | sē- | apart-; aside-; away |
| 9 | Latin | sex | six; 6 |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | seks | six |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | swéḱs | six |