Where does “ajlo” come from?

ajlo (Esperanto) comes from Italian aglio, from Latin alium, from Latin alius, from Proto-Italic aljos, from Proto-Indo-European h₂élyos, from Proto-Indo-European h₂él- — to grow, nourish.

ajlo (Esperanto): garlic

Definitions

  1. garlic

Ancestry of “ajlo”, step by step

ajlo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Italian aglio

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianagliogarlic
2Latinaliumgarlic, onion; accusative masculine singular of...
3Latinaliusother, another, any other; else; different
4Proto-Italicaljosanother
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂élyosother, another
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂él-to grow, nourish

via French ail

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchailgarlic
2Old Frenchail—
3Latinalliumlate form of ālium
4Proto-Indo-Europeanālu-—

Words derived from “ajlo”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂él- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂élyos →Every word from Proto-Italic aljos →