Where does “flugarmeisto” come from?
flugarmeisto (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto flugarmeo, from Esperanto armeo, from Yiddish אַרמיי, from French armée, from Middle French armée, from Latin armātus, from Latin armō, from Latin arma — to stand.
flugarmeisto (Esperanto): military pilot; member of an air force
Definitions
- military pilot; member of an air force
Ancestry of “flugarmeisto”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | flugarmeo | air force |
| 2 | Esperanto | armeo | army |
| 3 | Yiddish | אַרמיי | army |
| 4 | French | armée | army; armed forces; feminine singular of armé |
| 5 | Middle French | armée | Alternative form of armee |
| 6 | Latin | armātus | armed |
| 7 | Latin | armō | to furnish with weapons, arm, equip; fit out; mobilize |
| 8 | Latin | arma | defensive arms, armor/armour, shields, weapons of... |
| 9 | Late Latin | armistitium | — |
| 10 | Latin | sistere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | stísteh₂ti | to be standing up, to be getting up |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | steh₂- | to stand |