Where does “fermentilo” come from?

fermentilo (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto -ilo, from Proto-Germanic -ilaz, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

fermentilo (Esperanto): yeast, leaven

Definitions

  1. yeast, leaven

Ancestry of “fermentilo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperanto-iloan instrument, a tool for performing the action...
2Proto-Germanic-ilazagent suffix; diminutive suffix
3Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

Words derived from “fermentilo”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lós →Every word from Proto-Germanic -ilaz →Every word from Esperanto -ilo →