Where does “amaskomunikilo” come from?
amaskomunikilo (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto komuniki, from Latin commūnicō, from Latin commūnis, from Old Latin com(m)oinis, from Proto-Italic kommoinis, from Proto-Indo-European ḱom-moy-ni-, from Proto-Indo-European ḱóm, from Proto-Indo-European ḱe — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
amaskomunikilo (Esperanto): mass medium
Definitions
- mass medium
Ancestry of “amaskomunikilo”, step by step
amaskomunikilo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Esperanto komuniki
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | komuniki | to communicate |
| 2 | Latin | commūnicō | to impart, share |
| 3 | Latin | commūnis | common, commonplace, ordinary, general, universal, shared, shared alike, of both sides, belonging to two or more together |
| 4 | Old Latin | com(m)oinis | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | kommoinis | common |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱom-moy-ni- | held in common |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 9 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 10 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 11 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 12 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 13 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
via Esperanto amaso
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | amaso | mass large quantity |
| 2 | French | amas | pile, heap; cluster |
| 3 | Italian | ammasso | pile, heap, mass; stockpile; thicket |
| 4 | Italian | ammassare | to pile up, accumulate, amass, hoard; to pack |
| 5 | Latin | amassāre | — |
| 6 | Latin | massa | mass, bulk; load, burden; dough |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | μᾶζα | barley-bread or cake |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | μάσσω | to handle, work with my hands, knead; to wipe |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | mh₂ǵyéti | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | meh₂ǵ- | to knead, stroke |