Where does “diro” come from?
diro (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto diri, from Occitan dire, from Old Occitan dire, from Latin dīcō, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus, from Latin disserere — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
diro (Esperanto): statement, utterance, saying
Definitions
- statement, utterance, saying
Ancestry of “diro”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | diri | to say, tell |
| 2 | Occitan | dire | to say; to mean; to signify |
| 3 | Old Occitan | dire | to say |
| 4 | Latin | dīcō | — |
| 5 | Latin | -tiō | — |
| 6 | Latin | dissertātiō | — |
| 7 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 8 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 9 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 10 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 11 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 12 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
Words derived from “diro”