Where does “amindumo” come from?
amindumo (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto amindumi, from Esperanto aminda, from Esperanto ami, from French aimer, from Latin amō, from Latin Deus, from Latin dẹ̄vos, from Old Latin deivos — to be bright; sky, heaven.
amindumo (Esperanto): courtship; flirtation; advances
Definitions
- courtship; flirtation; advances
Ancestry of “amindumo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Esperanto | amindumi | to court, woo; to romance, flirt with; to go out... |
| 2 | Esperanto | aminda | worthy of love, lovable; kind, dear, sweet |
| 3 | Esperanto | ami | to love |
| 4 | French | aimer | to love; to like |
| 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 |