Where does “belaĵo” come from?

belaĵo (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto bela, from Italian bello, from German fein, from Middle High German fīn, from Old French fin, from Latin fīnis, from Proto-Indo-European dʰnh₂-.

belaĵo (Esperanto): beautiful thing

Definitions

  1. beautiful thing

Ancestry of “belaĵo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantobelabeautiful, pretty
2Italianbellonice, fair, fine, pleasant; beautiful;...
3Germanfeinfine; fine; very good; as it should be; refined;...
4Middle High Germanfīn—
5Old Frenchfinfine, delicate
6Latinfīnisend
7Proto-Indo-Europeandʰnh₂-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰnh₂- →Every word from Latin fīnis →Every word from Old French fin →