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Where does “eko” come from?

eko (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto -o, from Spanish -ó, from Latin Aramaicus, from Ancient Greek Ἀραμαϊκός, from Aramaic ܐܪܡܝܐ, from Aramaic ארמיא, from Aramaic ארם.

eko (Esperanto): start, beginning

Definitions

  1. start, beginning

Ancestry of “eko”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperanto-oNominal suffix. Most Esperanto nouns end in "-o";...
2Spanish-óA suffix indicating the third-person singular...
3LatinAramaicus—
4Ancient GreekἈραμαϊκός—
5AramaicܐܪܡܝܐAramean; gentile
6Aramaicארמיא—
7Aramaicארם—
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