Where does “demando” come from?
demando (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto demandi, from French demander, from Middle French demander, from Old French demander, from Latin demando, from Latin dē-, from Latin dē, from Latin post — afterwards, post; by, at.
demando (Esperanto): question, interrogative; issue, question
Definitions
- question, interrogative; issue, question
Ancestry of “demando”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Esperanto | demandi | to ask, inquire, question |
| 2 | French | demander | to ask; to request; to wonder |
| 3 | Middle French | demander | to ask |
| 4 | Old French | demander | to ask |
| 5 | Latin | demando | I entrust, commit |
| 6 | Latin | dē- | — |
| 7 | Latin | dē | — |
| 8 | Latin | post | behind; after, since, besides, except; behind,... |
| 9 | Latin | poste | ablative singular of postis |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | posti | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | pósti | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | pós | afterwards, post; by, at |
Words derived from “demando”