Where does “fandakvo” come from?
fandakvo (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto fando, from Esperanto fandi, from French fondre, from Old French fondre, from Latin fundere, from Latin fundo, from Latin fundus, from Proto-Indo-European bʰudʰmḗn — smoke; mist, haze.
fandakvo (Esperanto): meltwater
Definitions
- meltwater
Ancestry of “fandakvo”, step by step
fandakvo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Esperanto fando
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | fando | melt |
| 2 | Esperanto | fandi | to melt |
| 3 | French | fondre | to melt, melt down, smelt; to melt; to melt away,... |
| 4 | Old French | fondre | to melt |
| 5 | Latin | fundere | second-person singular present passive... |
| 6 | Latin | fundo | I pour out, shed; I rout, scatter; I found, make... |
| 7 | Latin | fundus | bottom; farm; piece of land; estate; ground |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰudʰmḗn | bottom |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰewbʰ- | deep |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰewh₂- | smoke; mist, haze |