Where does “antaŭvortero” come from?
antaŭvortero (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto vortero, from Esperanto vorto, from English Word, from English worth, from English worthwhile, from English while, from Middle English whyle, from Old English hwīl — to rest; rest, peace.
antaŭvortero (Esperanto): prefix
Ancestry of “antaŭvortero”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Esperanto | vortero | word part |
| 2 | Esperanto | vorto | word; promise, word |
| 3 | English | Word | Scripture; The Bible; The creative word of God;... |
| 4 | English | worth | Having a value of; proper to be exchanged for;... |
| 5 | English | worthwhile | Good and important enough to spend time, effort,... |
| 6 | English | while | An uncertain duration of time, a period of time;... |
| 7 | Middle English | whyle | — |
| 8 | Old English | hwīl | time; while; while; time, while |
| 9 | Proto-West Germanic | hwīlu | period of rest, pause; time, period of time,... |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | hwīlō | time, period of time, while; period of rest,... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷyeh₁- | to rest; rest, peace |