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Where does “filina” come from?

filina (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto filino, from Esperanto filo, from Latin fīlius, from Old Latin fīlios, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁y-li-os, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁(y)- — to suckle, nurse.

filina (Esperanto): filial

Definitions

  1. filial

Ancestry of “filina”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantofilinodaughter
2Esperantofiloson; offspring
3Latinfīlius—
4Old Latinfīlios—
5Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁y-li-ossucker
6Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁(y)-to suckle, nurse
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