Where does “analfabetulo” come from?
analfabetulo (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto analfabeta, from German Analphabet, from French analphabète, from Italian analfabeta, from Ancient Greek ἀναλφάβητος, from Ancient Greek ἀ-, from Proto-Hellenic hə-, from Proto-Indo-European sm̥- — together, one.
analfabetulo (Esperanto): illiterate person
Ancestry of “analfabetulo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Esperanto | analfabeta | illiterate |
| 2 | German | Analphabet | illiterate |
| 3 | French | analphabète | — |
| 4 | Italian | analfabeta | illiterate |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | ἀναλφάβητος | illiterate |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | ἀ- | The alpha privativum, used to make words that... |
| 7 | Proto-Hellenic | hə- | same; together |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | sm̥- | one; with, together |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | sem- | together, one |