Where does “blovpurigi” come from?
blovpurigi (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto purigi, from Esperanto -iĝi, from Italian -eggiare, from Latin -izāre, from Ancient Greek -ίζειν, from Ancient Greek -ίζω, from Proto-Hellenic -íďďō, from Proto-Indo-European -idyéti — he, she.
blovpurigi (Esperanto): blow one's nose
Definitions
- blow one's nose
Ancestry of “blovpurigi”, step by step
blovpurigi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Esperanto purigi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | purigi | to clean |
| 2 | Esperanto | -iĝi | to become; to change in state; makes intransitive... |
| 3 | Italian | -eggiare | Used to form verbs from adjectives or nouns |
| 4 | Latin | -izāre | — |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -ίζειν | present active infinitive of -ίζω; -ize |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -ίζω | Used to form verbs from nouns, adjectives and... |
| 7 | Proto-Hellenic | -íďďō | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -idyéti | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 11 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via Esperanto blovi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | blovi | to blow |
| 2 | English | blow | To produce an air current; To propel by an air... |
| 3 | Middle English | blowe | Alternative form of blowen |
| 4 | Old English | blōwan | to bloom, blossom |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | blōan | to bloom, to flower |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | blōaną | to bloom, to flower |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰleh₃- | bloom, flower |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |