Where does “debutonumi” come from?
debutonumi (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto butonumi, from Esperanto butono, from English button, from French bouton, from Italian bottone, from Spanish botón, from Old French boton, from Old French bouter — to grow, swell; to swell, wax, grow; to blow; to...
debutonumi (Esperanto): to unbutton
Definitions
- to unbutton
Ancestry of “debutonumi”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | butonumi | to button |
| 2 | Esperanto | butono | button |
| 3 | English | button | A knob or disc that is passed through a loop or (buttonhole), serving as a fastener |
| 4 | French | bouton | button; bud; pimple, spot, zit |
| 5 | Italian | bottone | button; bud |
| 6 | Spanish | botón | button; key; bud |
| 7 | Old French | boton | — |
| 8 | Old French | bouter | to strike; to hit; to place; to put; to enter |
| 9 | Frankish | bautan | to push, strike, beat; to hit, strike; to hit,... |
| 10 | Proto-West Germanic | bautan | to beat |
| 11 | Proto-Germanic | bautaną | to beat, push |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰewd- | to hit, strike; to beat, push; to strike, push,... |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰew- | to grow, swell; to swell, wax, grow; to blow; to... |