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Where does “alizo” come from?

alizo (Esperanto) comes from French alise, from Frankish aliʀu, from Proto-Germanic alizō, from Proto-Indo-European h₂élis-, from Proto-Indo-European el- — to bend; red, brown; hungry.

alizo (Esperanto): the small, orange or red fruit of the common...

Definitions

  1. the small, orange or red fruit of the common...

Ancestry of “alizo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchalisefruit of the whitebeam
2Frankishaliʀualder
3Proto-Germanicalizōalder
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂élis-alder
5Proto-Indo-Europeanel-to bend; red, brown; hungry

Words derived from “alizo”

  • alizarbo
  • alizujo
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