Where does “adreslibro” come from?
adreslibro (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto libro, from French livre, from Middle French livre, from Old French livre, from Latin Līber, from Old Latin loeber, from French lober, from French lob — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
adreslibro (Esperanto): address book
Definitions
- address book
Ancestry of “adreslibro”, step by step
adreslibro traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Esperanto libro
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | libro | a book |
| 2 | French | livre | book; pound; grade |
| 3 | Middle French | livre | book |
| 4 | Old French | livre | book; livre; pound |
| 5 | Latin | Līber | — |
| 6 | Old Latin | loeber | — |
| 7 | French | lober | to lob |
| 8 | French | lob | lob |
| 9 | English | lob | To throw or hit a ball into the air in a high... |
| 10 | English | long | Having much distance from one terminating point... |
| 11 | English | longitude | Angular distance measured west or east of the... |
| 12 | Old French | longitude | — |
| 13 | Latin | longitūdō | length, longitude; longness |
| 14 | Latin | longus | far, long; extended, prolonged; long; tedious,... |
| 15 | Latin | -ē | ly; used to form adverbs from adjectives |
| 16 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 17 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 18 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 19 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via Esperanto adreso
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | adreso | address |
| 2 | German | Adresse | address |
| 3 | Russian | а́дрес | the recipient or direction of a statement, claim, allegation etc |
| 4 | Polish | adres | address |
| 5 | French | adresse | address; skill, adroitness; first-person singular... |
| 6 | English | address | "Direction."; "Preparation."; To prepare oneself |
| 7 | Middle English | adressen | to raise erect, adorn |
| 8 | Middle English | dressen | To direct or aim oneself |
| 9 | Old French | drecier | to stand up; to get on one's feet |
| 10 | Vulgar Latin | directiare | — |
| 11 | Latin | dīrectus | laid straight, arranged in lines, having been arranged in lines |
| 12 | Latin | dīrigō | to lay straight; arrange in lines (especially in military contexts) |
| 13 | Latin | regō | to rule, govern, direct |
| 14 | Proto-Italic | regō | — |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃réǵeti | to be straightening, to be setting upright |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃reǵ- | to straighten, to right oneself; right; just |