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Where does “bezono” come from?

bezono (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto bezoni, from French besoin, from Italian bisogno, from Vulgar Latin bisonium, from Frankish bisunnju, from Proto-Germanic *sunnju, from Proto-Germanic sunjō, from Proto-Indo-European h₁s-ónt-ih₂.

bezono (Esperanto): need

Definitions

  1. need

Ancestry of “bezono”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantobezonito need
2Frenchbesoinneed; want
3Italianbisognoneed
4Vulgar Latinbisoniumneed
5Frankishbisunnju—
6Proto-Germanic*sunnju—
7Proto-Germanicsunjōtruth, sooth; denial, protest
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁s-ónt-ih₂—
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁sóntsactive participle of *h₁ésti; being, existence;...
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ēs-—

Words derived from “bezono”

  • senbezona
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁ēs- →