Where does “agrafingo” come from?
agrafingo (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto -ingo, from German -ling, from Old High German -ling, from Proto-Germanic *-ling.
agrafingo (Esperanto): eye
Ancestry of “agrafingo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Esperanto | -ingo | A holder for |
| 2 | German | -ling | Indicates possession of or connection with a... |
| 3 | Old High German | -ling | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | *-ling | — |