Where does “duonglobo” come from?

duonglobo (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto duona, from Esperanto du, from French deux, from Middle French deux, from Old French deux.

duonglobo (Esperanto): hemisphere

Definitions

  1. hemisphere

Ancestry of “duonglobo”, step by step

duonglobo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Esperanto duona

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantoduonahalf
2Esperantodutwo
3Frenchdeuxtwo; twos
4Middle Frenchdeuxtwo
5Old Frenchdeux—

via Esperanto globo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantogloboglobe
2Latinglobusany round object; a sphere; a globe; a glob,...
3Proto-Indo-Europeangel-to be cold, to freeze
Every word from Old French deux →Every word from Middle French deux →Every word from French deux →