Where does “bildliteraturo” come from?

bildliteraturo (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto bildo, from German Bild, from Middle High German bilde, from Old High German bilidi, from Proto-West Germanic *biliþi — likeness, image.

bildliteraturo (Esperanto): comics

Definitions

  1. comics

Ancestry of “bildliteraturo”, step by step

bildliteraturo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Esperanto bildo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantobildopicture, image
2GermanBildimage; picture; painting; photo; image
3Middle High Germanbildepicture, example, comparison; image, shape
4Old High Germanbilidiimage, figure, reflection, replica
5Proto-West Germanic*biliþilikeness, image

via Esperanto literaturo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantoliteraturoliterature
Every word from Proto-West Germanic *biliþi →Every word from Old High German bilidi →Every word from Middle High German bilde →