Where does “afiŝhomo” come from?
afiŝhomo (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto afiŝo, from French affiche, from French afficher, from Old French afichier, from Old French ficher, from Vulgar Latin ficcare, from Latin ficco, from Latin figico.
afiŝhomo (Esperanto): person who carries a sandwich board
Definitions
- person who carries a sandwich board
Ancestry of “afiŝhomo”, step by step
afiŝhomo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Esperanto afiŝo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | afiŝo | placard, poster, notice, sign; A message posted... |
| 2 | French | affiche | poster; placard; sign |
| 3 | French | afficher | to put up; to display; to show |
| 4 | Old French | afichier | to fasten; to affirm; to confirm |
| 5 | Old French | ficher | to fasten, fix, settle in |
| 6 | Vulgar Latin | ficcare | — |
| 7 | Latin | ficco | I fasten, put; I stay, become |
| 8 | Latin | figico | I fasten, put, become |
| 9 | Latin | -ico | forms regular first-conjugation verbs, sometimes... |
| 10 | Latin | -o | forms masculine agent nouns, positive and... |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | -ōd | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -éad | — |