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Where does “alumetskatolo” come from?

alumetskatolo (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto skatolo, from Italian scatola, from Latin castula, from Latin castus, from Latin careō, from Proto-Italic kazēō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱes-éh₁-ye-ti, from Proto-Indo-European ḱes- — to cut off, separate; to cut up, to slaughter; to...

alumetskatolo (Esperanto): matchbox

Definitions

  1. matchbox

Ancestry of “alumetskatolo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantoskatolobox, container
2Italianscatolabox; tin, can
3LatincastulaA kind of petticoat used by women
4Latincastusmorally pure, guiltless; pure, chaste, free from...
5Latincareō—
6Proto-Italickazēōto lack
7Proto-Indo-Europeanḱes-éh₁-ye-ti—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanḱes-to cut off, separate; to cut up, to slaughter; to...
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