Where does “angilo” come from?

angilo (Esperanto) comes from French anguille, from Old French anguille, from Latin anguilla, from Proto-Italic *anɣʷis, from Proto-Indo-European h₂éngʷʰis — snake.

angilo (Esperanto): eel

Definitions

  1. eel

Ancestry of “angilo”, step by step

angilo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French anguille

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchanguilleeel
2Old Frenchanguilleeel
3Latinanguillaeel; small snake; vocative singular of anguilla
4Proto-Italic*anɣʷissnake
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂éngʷʰissnake

via Spanish Anguila

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1SpanishAnguilaeel
2Old Spanishanguilaeel
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂éngʷʰis →Every word from Proto-Italic *anɣʷis →Every word from Latin anguilla →