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Where does “agrabla” come from?

agrabla (Esperanto) comes from French agréable, from French agréer, from Middle French agreer, from Anglo-Norman agreier, from Old French a-, from Latin ad-, from Proto-Italic *ad-.

agrabla (Esperanto): agreeable, pleasant, congenial

Definitions

  1. agreeable, pleasant, congenial

Ancestry of “agrabla”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchagréablepleasurable, nice, pleasant, agreeable
2Frenchagréerto accept; to prepare; rig; trim
3Middle Frenchagreerto equip; to rig, equip; to accept, receive,...
4Anglo-Normanagreierto equip, equip a ship with tackle
5Old Frencha-indicating movement towards something;...
6Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
7Proto-Italic*ad-—

Words derived from “agrabla”

  • malagrabla
  • malagrablaĵo
  • agrableco
  • agrablaĵo
  • malagrableco
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