Where does “daŭro” come from?
daŭro (Esperanto) comes from German dauer, from German dauern, from Middle High German dūren, from Middle Low German dūren, from Old French durer, from Latin dūrō, from Latin dūrus, from Proto-Italic dūros — far; long.
daŭro (Esperanto): duration
Definitions
- duration
Ancestry of “daŭro”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | dauer | inflection of dauern: ## first-person singular... |
| 2 | German | dauern | to last, to continue, to persist; to last, to be... |
| 3 | Middle High German | dūren | — |
| 4 | Middle Low German | dūren | — |
| 5 | Old French | durer | to last |
| 6 | Latin | dūrō | to harden, make hard |
| 7 | Latin | dūrus | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | dūros | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | duh₂-ró-s | long, far |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dweh₂- | far; long |