Where does “alivesti” come from?
alivesti (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto veŝto, from German Weste, from French veste, from Italian veste, from Latin vestis, from Latin līnea, from Latin līnum, from Proto-Italic līnom — flax.
alivesti (Esperanto): to disguise (someone), to dress (someone) up
Definitions
- to disguise (someone), to dress (someone) up
Ancestry of “alivesti”, step by step
alivesti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Esperanto veŝto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | veŝto | vest |
| 2 | German | Weste | waistcoat, vest |
| 3 | French | veste | jacket |
| 4 | Italian | veste | dress; clothes; appearance, capacity |
| 5 | Latin | vestis | garment, gown, robe, vestment, clothing, vesture;... |
| 6 | Latin | līnea | A linen thread |
| 7 | Latin | līnum | flax |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | līnom | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | līnom | flax |
via Esperanto alia
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | alia | other, another |
| 2 | Latin | alia | nominative plural of ālium; accusative plural of... |
| 3 | Latin | alium | garlic, onion; accusative masculine singular of... |
| 4 | Latin | alius | other, another, any other; else; different |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | aljos | another |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂élyos | other, another |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂él- | to grow, nourish |