Where does “blato” come from?
blato (Esperanto) comes from French blatte, from Latin blatta — any insect that shuns the light, e.g. cockroach,...
blato (Esperanto): cockroach
Ancestry of “blato”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | blatte | cockroach |
| 2 | Latin | blatta | any insect that shuns the light, e.g. cockroach,... |