Where does “ambaŭokaze” come from?
ambaŭokaze (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto okazo, from French occasion, from Italian occasione, from Russian оказия, from Polish okazja, from Latin occasio, from Latin occasus, from Latin occidō — to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing.
ambaŭokaze (Esperanto): in both cases; in either case
Definitions
- in both cases; in either case
Ancestry of “ambaŭokaze”, step by step
ambaŭokaze traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Esperanto okazo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | okazo | occasion; event |
| 2 | French | occasion | occasion, opportunity; cause; bargain, good deal |
| 3 | Italian | occasione | opportunity, chance, occasion, scope;... |
| 4 | Russian | оказия | opportunity; unexpected event |
| 5 | Polish | okazja | chance, occasion, opportunity |
| 6 | Latin | occasio | occasion, opportunity; kairos, the right time,... |
| 7 | Latin | occasus | setting; west; western |
| 8 | Latin | occidō | to fall down |
| 9 | Latin | ob- | towards; against |
| 10 | Latin | obolus | obolus (Greek coin) |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | ὀβολός | obol, obolus, used at Athens as both a weight and... |
| 12 | Ancient Greek | ὀβελός | a spit, rod; a horizontal line |
| 13 | Ancient Greek | βέλος | missile, arrow, dart; weapon; something quickly... |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷélHos | — |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷelH- | to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing |
via Esperanto ambaŭ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | ambaŭ | both |
| 2 | Latin | ambō | both |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂m̥bʰi | around, on either side of, about; in exchange... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂n̥tbʰi | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂énts | forehead; front |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ent- | face; forehead; front |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂en- | on, onto |
via Esperanto E
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | E | Abbreviation of eosto |