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Where does “filo” come from?

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

filo (Esperanto): son; offspring

Definitions

  1. son; offspring

Ancestry of “filo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinfīlius—
2Old Latinfīlios—
3Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁y-li-ossucker
4Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁(y)-to suckle, nurse

Words derived from “filo”

  • filineto
  • vicfilino
  • filon
  • baptofilo
  • baptofilino
  • vicfilo
  • duonfilo
  • duonfilino
  • filina
  • bofilino
  • bofilo
  • filino
  • fila
  • filaĵo
  • fileto
  • stif-filio
  • stif-filiulo
  • stif-filiino
  • filio
  • filiulo
  • filiino
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