Where does “folibeto” come from?
folibeto (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto beto, from Latin bēta, from Latin -ina, from Latin -īnus, from Proto-Italic -īnos, from Proto-Indo-European -iHnos, from Proto-Indo-European -no- — adjectival suffix.
folibeto (Esperanto): chard, Swiss chard
Definitions
- chard, Swiss chard
Ancestry of “folibeto”, step by step
folibeto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Esperanto beto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | beto | red beet; beta |
| 2 | Latin | bēta | A beet |
| 3 | Latin | -ina | nominative feminine singular of -īnus; nominative... |
| 4 | Latin | -īnus | of or pertaining to; -ine |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -īnos | of/belonging to |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -iHnos | Creates adjectives of materials |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -no- | adjectival suffix |
via Esperanto folio
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | folio | leaf; sheet |
| 2 | Latin | folium | a leaf; a petal; a sheet or leaf of paper |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | *foljom | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰolh₃yom | leaf |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰleh₃- | bloom, flower |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |