Where does “demandosigno” come from?
demandosigno (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto demando, from Esperanto demandi, from French demander, from Middle French demander, from Old French demander, from Latin demando, from Latin dē-, from Latin dē — afterwards, post; by, at.
demandosigno (Esperanto): question mark
Definitions
- question mark
Ancestry of “demandosigno”, step by step
demandosigno traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Esperanto demando
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | demando | question, interrogative; issue, question |
| 2 | Esperanto | demandi | to ask, inquire, question |
| 3 | French | demander | to ask; to request; to wonder |
| 4 | Middle French | demander | to ask |
| 5 | Old French | demander | to ask |
| 6 | Latin | demando | I entrust, commit |
| 7 | Latin | dē- | of; from |
| 8 | Latin | dē | of; concerning; about |
| 9 | Latin | post | behind; after, since, besides, except; behind,... |
| 10 | Latin | poste | ablative singular of postis |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | posti | behind, after |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | pósti | after |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | pós | afterwards, post; by, at |