Where does “aldonaĵo” come from?
aldonaĵo (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto aldoni, from Esperanto doni, from French donner, from Middle French donner, from Old French doner, from Latin dōnō, from Latin dōnum, from Turkish dönmek.
aldonaĵo (Esperanto): addition ; additive
Ancestry of “aldonaĵo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Esperanto | aldoni | to add; to give, put, or say something in... |
| 2 | Esperanto | doni | to give |
| 3 | French | donner | to give, to transfer the possession/holding of... |
| 4 | Middle French | donner | to give |
| 5 | Old French | doner | to give |
| 6 | Latin | dōnō | — |
| 7 | Latin | dōnum | — |
| 8 | Turkish | dönmek | to turn; to return; to rotate |
| 9 | Ottoman Turkish | دونمك | to turn around; to turn |
| 10 | Old Turkic | ton- | — |
| 11 | English | Hyun | — |
| 12 | Korean | 현 | 現: current; present; 絃: string |
| 13 | Chinese | 玄 | — |