Where does “feministo” come from?

feministo (Esperanto) comes from French féministe, from French féminin, from Latin fēminīnus, from Latin -īnus, from Proto-Italic -īnos, from Proto-Indo-European -iHnos, from Proto-Indo-European -no- — adjectival suffix.

feministo (Esperanto): feminist

Definitions

  1. feminist

Ancestry of “feministo”, step by step

feministo traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via French féministe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchféministefeminist
2Frenchfémininfeminine; female
3Latinfēminīnusfeminine
4Latin-īnusof or pertaining to; -ine
5Proto-Italic-īnosof/belonging to
6Proto-Indo-European-iHnosCreates adjectives of materials
7Proto-Indo-European-no-adjectival suffix

via Italian femminista

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianfemministafeminist
2Italian-ista-ist
3Latin-ista-ist; one who practises or believes
4Ancient Greek-ιστήςAlternative form of -τής; -ist
5Ancient Greek-τήςAppended to verbs to form agent nouns
6Proto-Hellenic-tās

via English feminist

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishfeministrelating to or in accordance with feminism; an...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -no-Every word from Latin -īnusEvery word from Latin fēminīnus