Where does “elasta” come from?

elasta (Esperanto) comes from Ancient Greek ἐλαστός, from Ancient Greek ἐλατός, from Ancient Greek ἐλαύνω, from Ancient Greek -τός, from Proto-Indo-European -tós — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.

elasta (Esperanto): elastic

Definitions

  1. elastic

Ancestry of “elasta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekἐλαστόςductile, flexible
2Ancient Greekἐλατόςductile
3Ancient Greekἐλαύνωdrive, set in motion; ride a horse, drive a...
4Ancient Greek-τόςcreates verbal adjectives of possibility, either...
5Proto-Indo-European-tósCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems

Words derived from “elasta

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tósEvery word from Ancient Greek -τόςEvery word from Ancient Greek ἐλαύνω