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Where does “afiŝo” come from?

afiŝo (Esperanto) comes from French affiche, from French afficher, from Old French afichier, from Old French ficher, from Vulgar Latin ficcare, from Latin ficco, from Latin figico, from Latin -ico.

afiŝo (Esperanto): placard, poster, notice, sign; A message posted...

Definitions

  1. placard, poster, notice, sign; A message posted...

Ancestry of “afiŝo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchafficheposter; placard; sign
2Frenchafficherto put up; to display; to show
3Old Frenchafichierto fasten; to affirm; to confirm
4Old Frenchficherto fasten, fix, settle in
5Vulgar Latinficcare—
6LatinficcoI fasten, put; I stay, become
7LatinfigicoI fasten, put, become
8Latin-icoforms regular first-conjugation verbs, sometimes...
9Latin-oforms masculine agent nouns, positive and...
10Proto-Italic-ōd—
11Proto-Indo-European-éad—

Words derived from “afiŝo”

  • serĉafiŝo
  • afiŝejo
  • afiŝhomo
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