Where does “afusto” come from?
afusto (Esperanto) comes from Spanish afuste, from Spanish fuste, from Latin fūstis, from Latin -ārium, from Latin -um, from Proto-Italic *-om, from Proto-Indo-European *-oHom.
afusto (Esperanto): gun carriage
Definitions
- gun carriage
Ancestry of “afusto”, step by step
afusto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Spanish afuste
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | afuste | mount (of a weapon) |
| 2 | Spanish | fuste | shaft; importance; wood, timber |
| 3 | Latin | fūstis | a knobbed stick, a cudgel, staff, club |
| 4 | Latin | -ārium | used primarily to form nouns of purpose from other nouns, such as places where things are kept or objects used for a particular end |
| 5 | Latin | -um | nominative neuter singular of -us; accusative... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | *-om | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | *-oHom | — |
via Italian affusto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | affusto | gun carriage |