Where does “budha mano” come from?
budha mano (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto mano, from French main, from Middle French main, from Old French main, from Latin manus, from Proto-Italic manus, from Proto-Indo-European man- — human being; man; hand.
budha mano (Esperanto): Buddha's hand
Definitions
- Buddha's hand
Ancestry of “budha mano”, step by step
budha mano traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Esperanto mano
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | mano | hand |
| 2 | French | main | hand; handball |
| 3 | Middle French | main | hand |
| 4 | Old French | main | hand |
| 5 | Latin | manus | hand; bravery, valor; violence, fighting |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | manus | hand |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | man- | human being; man; hand |
via Esperanto budha
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | budha | Buddha-like; of, similar to, or pertaining to Gautama Buddha |
| 2 | Esperanto | -a | Related to, in the manner of, of; Belonging to,... |
| 3 | Italian | -a | Used, with a stem, to form the third-person... |
| 4 | Latin | -a | suffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -ā | Forms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂ | — |
via Chinese 佛手
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chinese | 佛手 | Buddha's hand; fingered citron |