Where does “ekzemplo” come from?
ekzemplo (Esperanto) comes from English example, from Middle English example, from Old French example, from Old French essample, from Latin exemplum, from Latin eximō, from Latin emo, from Proto-Italic emō — to take; to distribute.
ekzemplo (Esperanto): example
Definitions
- example
Ancestry of “ekzemplo”, step by step
ekzemplo traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via English example
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | example | Something that is representative of all such... |
| 2 | Middle English | example | — |
| 3 | Old French | example | — |
| 4 | Old French | essample | Alternative form of essainple; example |
| 5 | Latin | exemplum | a sample; an example; a warning example, lesson,... |
| 6 | Latin | eximō | to take out, take away, remove or extract |
| 7 | Latin | emo | I buy, purchase; I acquire, procure |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | emō | to buy, to purchase |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁em- | to take; to distribute |