Where does “dekmilo” come from?
dekmilo (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto milo, from Esperanto -o, from Spanish -ó, from Latin Aramaicus, from Ancient Greek Ἀραμαϊκός, from Aramaic ܐܪܡܝܐ, from Aramaic ארמיא, from Aramaic ארם — Aram (son of Shem).
dekmilo (Esperanto): a myriad; a group of ten thousand
Definitions
- a myriad; a group of ten thousand
Ancestry of “dekmilo”, step by step
dekmilo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Esperanto milo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | milo | thousand, a group of one thousand of something |
| 2 | Esperanto | -o | Nominal suffix. Most Esperanto nouns end in "-o";... |
| 3 | Spanish | -ó | A suffix indicating the third-person singular... |
| 4 | Latin | Aramaicus | Aramean, Aramaic |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | Ἀραμαϊκός | Aramean, Aramaic |
| 6 | Aramaic | ܐܪܡܝܐ | Aramean; gentile |
| 7 | Aramaic | ארמיא | Aramaean |
| 8 | Aramaic | ארם | Aram (son of Shem) |
via Esperanto deko
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | deko | tensome; a ten |
| 2 | Esperanto | dek | ten |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | δέκα | ten |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | λόγος | That which is said: word, sentence, speech,... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | λέγω | I put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |