Where does “amatoreca” come from?
amatoreca (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto amatoro, from Polish amator, from French amateur, from Latin amātor, from Latin amō, from Latin Deus, from Latin dẹ̄vos, from Old Latin deivos — to be bright; sky, heaven.
amatoreca (Esperanto): amateurish
Ancestry of “amatoreca”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Esperanto | amatoro | amateur |
| 2 | Polish | amator | aficionado, lover; amateur, dilettante, hobbyist |
| 3 | French | amateur | amateur; a lover of something |
| 4 | Latin | amātor | — |
| 5 | Latin | amō | — |
| 6 | Latin | Deus | God |
| 7 | Latin | dẹ̄vos | — |
| 8 | Old Latin | deivos | god, deity |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | deiwos | god, deity |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | deywós | god |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | dyew- | to be bright; sky, heaven |