Where does “amastombejo” come from?
amastombejo (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.
amastombejo (Esperanto): mass grave
Definitions
- mass grave
Ancestry of “amastombejo”, step by step
amastombejo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
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 |
via Esperanto tombejo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | tombejo | graveyard, cemetery, churchyard |
| 2 | Esperanto | tombo | tomb, grave, sepulchre |
| 3 | English | tomb | A small building for the remains of the dead,... |
| 4 | French | tombé | past participle of tomber |
| 5 | Italian | tomba | tomb, grave; A very narrow and gloomy habitation... |
| 6 | Spanish | tumba | grave, tomb |
| 7 | Latin | tumba | tomb |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | τύμβος | funeral mound, tomb, grave |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | tūm- | to grow; to swell, to increase; to swell, be... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | tewh₂- | to swell; to crowd; to be strong |