Where does “ankrokablo” come from?
ankrokablo (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto kablo, from French câble, from Old French cable, from Vulgar Latin caplum, from Latin capulum, from Latin capiō, from Proto-Italic kapiō, from Proto-Italic kapjō — to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,...
ankrokablo (Esperanto): the chain of a ship's anchor; anchor line
Definitions
- the chain of a ship's anchor; anchor line
Ancestry of “ankrokablo”, step by step
ankrokablo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Esperanto kablo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | kablo | cable |
| 2 | French | câble | cable; first-person singular present indicative... |
| 3 | Old French | cable | — |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | caplum | — |
| 5 | Latin | capulum | handle; hilt; halter, lasso |
| 6 | Latin | capiō | to take, to capture, to catch, to seize, to take captive, to storm |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | kapiō | take |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | kapjō | take, seize |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kh₂pyéti | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | keh₂p- | to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,... |
via Esperanto ankro
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | ankro | anchor |
| 2 | English | anchor | A tool used to moor a vessel to the bottom of a... |
| 3 | Middle English | anker | anchor |
| 4 | Old English | ancor | anchor |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *ankurō | anchor |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | ankurô | anchor |
| 7 | Latin | ancōra | anchor (tool to keep a vessel from drifting) |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | Ἄγκυρα | Ancyra; Angora; Ankara, Turkey |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ang- | joint; corner, hirn; joint; lith |