Where does “batalilo” come from?
batalilo (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto batali, from English Battle, from Middle English batel, from Old English batol, from Old English batian, from Old English -ol, from Proto-Germanic -ulaz — Forms adjectives from verbs meaning "doing" or...
batalilo (Esperanto): weapon
Definitions
- weapon
Ancestry of “batalilo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | batali | to fight; to battle |
| 2 | English | Battle | from places in England that have been sites of a battle |
| 3 | Middle English | batel | Alternative form of batayle; flourishing |
| 4 | Old English | batol | improving, tending to be good |
| 5 | Old English | batian | to fatten, to get fatter; to improve, to get... |
| 6 | Old English | -ol | Used to form suffixes denoting inclination or... |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | -ulaz | Forms adjectives from verbs meaning "doing" or... |