Where does “frazlibro” come from?
frazlibro (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto libro, from French livre, from Middle French livre, from Old French livre, from Latin Līber, from Old Latin loeber, from French lober, from French lob — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
frazlibro (Esperanto): phrasebook
Definitions
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Ancestry of “frazlibro”, step by step
frazlibro traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Esperanto libro
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | libro | a book |
| 2 | French | livre | book; pound; grade |
| 3 | Middle French | livre | book |
| 4 | Old French | livre | book; livre; pound |
| 5 | Latin | Līber | — |
| 6 | Old Latin | loeber | — |
| 7 | French | lober | to lob |
| 8 | French | lob | lob |
| 9 | English | lob | To throw or hit a ball into the air in a high... |
| 10 | English | long | Having much distance from one terminating point... |
| 11 | English | longitude | Angular distance measured west or east of the... |
| 12 | Old French | longitude | — |
| 13 | Latin | longitūdō | length, longitude; longness |
| 14 | Latin | longus | far, long; extended, prolonged; long; tedious,... |
| 15 | Latin | -ē | ly; used to form adverbs from adjectives |
| 16 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 17 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 18 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 19 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via Esperanto frazo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | frazo | expression, phrase, sentence, statement |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | φράσις | speech; way of speaking, expression; expression,... |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | φράζω | to make known, point out, intimate, show; to... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | φράσσω | to fence in, hedge around, secure, fortify; to... |