Where does “anserplumo” come from?
anserplumo (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto ansero, from English nonzero, from English non-, from Latin nōnus, from Latin novenos, from Latin novem, from Latin novo, from Proto-Italic nowāō — new; to nod, assent to.
anserplumo (Esperanto): goose feather
Definitions
- goose feather
Ancestry of “anserplumo”, step by step
anserplumo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Esperanto ansero
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | ansero | goose bird |
| 2 | English | nonzero | Not equal to zero; Of an unspecified positive... |
| 3 | English | non- | Used in the sense of no or none, to show lack of... |
| 4 | Latin | nōnus | ninth |
| 5 | Latin | novenos | accusative masculine plural of novēnus |
| 6 | Latin | novem | nine; 9; first-person singular present active... |
| 7 | Latin | novo | I make new, renew, refresh; I alter, change;... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | nowāō | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | néweh₂ti | to renew |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | néwos | new |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | new- | new; to nod, assent to |
via Esperanto plumo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | plumo | feather; pen |
| 2 | English | Plume | A feather of a bird, especially a large or showy one used as a decoration |
| 3 | French | plume | feather; quill; nib, the writing end of a... |
| 4 | Italian | piuma | feather, plume; down; plumage |
| 5 | Spanish | pluma | feather; pen, fountain pen; ballpoint pen |
| 6 | Latin | plūma | feather, plume |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | plouksmā | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | plúnksneh₂ | feather |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | plú-n-k- | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | plewk- | to fly, flow, run; to splash, to flap with hands |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | plew- | to fly, flow, run |