Where does “afiŝisto” come from?
afiŝisto (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto afiŝi, from French afficher, from Old French afichier, from Old French ficher, from Vulgar Latin ficcare, from Latin ficco, from Latin figico, from Latin -ico.
afiŝisto (Esperanto): billposter, billsticker
Ancestry of “afiŝisto”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Esperanto | afiŝi | to post ; publicize through a poster or posters;... |
| 2 | French | afficher | to put up; to display; to show |
| 3 | Old French | afichier | to fasten; to affirm; to confirm |
| 4 | Old French | ficher | to fasten, fix, settle in |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | ficcare | — |
| 6 | Latin | ficco | I fasten, put; I stay, become |
| 7 | Latin | figico | I fasten, put, become |
| 8 | Latin | -ico | forms regular first-conjugation verbs, sometimes... |
| 9 | Latin | -o | forms masculine agent nouns, positive and... |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | -ōd | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -éad | — |