Where does “bongusta” come from?
bongusta (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto ĝusta, from French juste, from Old French juste, from Latin iūstus, from Latin iūs, from Latin dīcō, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
bongusta (Esperanto): tasty
Definitions
- tasty
Ancestry of “bongusta”, step by step
bongusta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Esperanto ĝusta
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | ĝusta | right, correct, exact |
| 2 | French | juste | fair, just; reasonable, appropriate, grounded;... |
| 3 | Old French | juste | — |
| 4 | Latin | iūstus | just, righteous |
| 5 | Latin | iūs | law, right |
| 6 | Latin | dīcō | to say, talk, speak, utter, mention |
| 7 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 8 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 9 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 10 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 11 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 12 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 13 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 14 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |