Where does “afervojaĝo” come from?
afervojaĝo (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto afero, from English affair, from French affaire, from Old French afaire, from Old French faire, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius.
afervojaĝo (Esperanto): business trip
Definitions
- business trip
Ancestry of “afervojaĝo”, step by step
afervojaĝo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Esperanto afero
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | afero | thing; affair, matter, case, issue, business;... |
| 2 | English | affair | Something which is done or is to be done;... |
| 3 | French | affaire | affair, business; deal; belonging |
| 4 | Old French | afaire | character; disposition; situation; event;... |
| 5 | Old French | faire | to do |
| 6 | Latin | faciō | to do |
| 7 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 8 | Latin | -tōrius | ory |
| 9 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |
via Esperanto vojaĝo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | vojaĝo | trip, voyage |
| 2 | English | voyage | A long journey, especially by ship; The act or... |
| 3 | Middle English | viage | voyage; journey |
| 4 | Norman | viage | journey |
| 5 | Old French | voiage | journey; voyage |
| 6 | Latin | viāticum | travelling-money; provision for a journey |
| 7 | Latin | viā | road, street, path |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | *wiā | road |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | wih₁eh₂- | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | weyh₁- | to chase, pursue; to suppress, persecute |