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Where does “bofilo” come from?

bofilo (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto filo, from Latin fīlius, from Old Latin fīlios, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁y-li-os, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁(y)- — to suckle, nurse.

bofilo (Esperanto): son-in-law

Definitions

  1. son-in-law

Ancestry of “bofilo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantofiloson; offspring
2Latinfīlius—
3Old Latinfīlios—
4Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁y-li-ossucker
5Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁(y)-to suckle, nurse
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