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Where does “feliĉe” come from?

feliĉe (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto -e, from Latin -ē, from Latin dis-, from Latin calceus, from Latin calx, from Ancient Greek χάλιξ — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.

feliĉe (Esperanto): happily; felicitously, fortunately

Definitions

  1. happily; felicitously, fortunately

Ancestry of “feliĉe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperanto-e-ly; the ending for correlatives of place
2Latin-ē—
3Latindis-asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;...
4Latincalceusshoe
5Latincalxlimestone; chalk; the finish line
6Ancient Greekχάλιξsmall stone, pebble; gravel, rubble
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