Where does “debati” come from?
debati (Esperanto) comes from Ido debato, from English debate, from French débat, from German Debatte, from French débattre, from Middle French debatre, from Old French debatre, from Latin dis- — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
debati (Esperanto): to debate; to knock off, to strike off, to knock...
Definitions
- to debate; to knock off, to strike off, to knock...
Ancestry of “debati”, step by step
debati traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Ido debato
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ido | debato | debate |
| 2 | English | debate | An argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered... |
| 3 | French | débat | debate |
| 4 | German | Debatte | debate |
| 5 | French | débattre | to negotiate; to discuss, debate; to struggle |
| 6 | Middle French | debatre | — |
| 7 | Old French | debatre | to fight, contend, debate, also literarlly to... |
| 8 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 9 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 10 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via Esperanto de
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | de | from; of, possessed by; done, written or composed... |
| 2 | French | dé | die; diced slice; thimble |
| 3 | Middle French | de | of; from |
| 4 | Old French | dé | die |
| 5 | Latin | dē | of; concerning; about |
| 6 | Latin | post | behind; after, since, besides, except; behind,... |
| 7 | Latin | poste | ablative singular of postis |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | posti | behind, after |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pósti | after |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pós | afterwards, post; by, at |
via Esperanto bati
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | bati | to beat, to strike, to hit |
| 2 | Italian | battere | to beat, patrol, batter, strike or hit; to... |
| 3 | Latin | battere | — |
| 4 | Latin | battuere | third-person plural perfect active indicative of... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰēdʰ- | to bend, fold |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰedʰ- | to bend, to press; to stab, dig; to dig |