Where does “alrideti” come from?
alrideti (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto rideti, from Esperanto -et-, from Italian -etto, from English -et, from Middle English -et, from Old French -et, from Latin -ātus, from Proto-Italic -ātos.
alrideti (Esperanto): to smile at
Ancestry of “alrideti”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Esperanto | rideti | to smile |
| 2 | Esperanto | -et- | denotes diminution of degree |
| 3 | Italian | -etto | Alterative suffix used to form melioratives,... |
| 4 | English | -et | Used to form diminutives, loosely construed |
| 5 | Middle English | -et | Forms diminutive nouns from nouns; in some words,... |
| 6 | Old French | -et | Used to form a diminutive, masculine noun;... |
| 7 | Latin | -ātus | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -ātos | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂tos | — |