Where does “dungosoldato” come from?
dungosoldato (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto soldato, from French soldat, from Middle French soldat, from Italian soldato, from Italian soldare, from Italian soldo, from Italian saldare, from Italian saldo — whole.
dungosoldato (Esperanto): soldier of fortune, mercenary
Definitions
- soldier of fortune, mercenary
Ancestry of “dungosoldato”, step by step
dungosoldato traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Esperanto soldato
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | soldato | soldier |
| 2 | French | soldat | soldier |
| 3 | Middle French | soldat | soldier |
| 4 | Italian | soldato | soldier |
| 5 | Italian | soldare | to pay a soldier or military member |
| 6 | Italian | soldo | penny, cent; money |
| 7 | Italian | saldare | to solder, weld; to join; to put together; to... |
| 8 | Italian | saldo | firm, steady; sound; settlement, payment |
| 9 | Latin | solidus | solid; A solidus: a Roman ~23-carat gold coin... |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | soliðos | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | solh₂-i-dʰ-o-s | entire |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | solh₂- | whole |
via Esperanto dungi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | dungi | to employ |
| 2 | German | dingen | to hire for a crime; to hire |
| 3 | Middle High German | dingen | — |
| 4 | Old High German | dingōn | — |
| 5 | Old High German | thingōn | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | þingōną | to hold a meeting, discuss, speak for or of |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | þingą | appointed time; date; appointment; meeting;... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | tenkó- | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | tenk- | to be solid, firm; to be suitable; to succeed,... |