Where does “amasmemoro” come from?

amasmemoro (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto amaso, from French amas, from Italian ammasso, from Italian ammassare, from Latin amassāre, from Latin massa, from Ancient Greek μᾶζα, from Ancient Greek μάσσω — to knead, stroke.

amasmemoro (Esperanto): mass storage

Definitions

  1. mass storage

Ancestry of “amasmemoro”, step by step

amasmemoro traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Esperanto amaso

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantoamasomass large quantity
2Frenchamaspile, heap; cluster
3Italianammassopile, heap, mass; stockpile; thicket
4Italianammassareto pile up, accumulate, amass, hoard; to pack
5Latinamassāre—
6Latinmassamass, bulk; load, burden; dough
7Ancient Greekμᾶζαbarley-bread or cake
8Ancient Greekμάσσωto handle, work with my hands, knead; to wipe
9Proto-Indo-Europeanmh₂ǵyéti—
10Proto-Indo-Europeanmeh₂ǵ-to knead, stroke

via Esperanto memoro

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantomemoromemory
2Latinmemormindful, remembering; that has a good memory
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmer-to die; to disappear; sea, lake, wetland
Every word from Proto-Indo-European meh₂ǵ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European mh₂ǵyéti →Every word from Ancient Greek μάσσω →