Where does “genufleksi” come from?

genufleksi (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto genuo, from French genou, from Old French genoil, from Latin genuculum, from Latin geniculum, from Latin -culus, from Proto-Italic *-kelos — Diminutive suffix.

genufleksi (Esperanto): to genuflect

Definitions

  1. to genuflect

Ancestry of “genufleksi”, step by step

genufleksi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Esperanto genuo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantogenuoknee
2Frenchgenouknee; lap
3Old Frenchgenoilknee
4Latingenuculumknee
5Latingeniculumknee; little knot
6Latin-culusAlternative form of -ulus; added to a noun to...
7Proto-Italic*-kelosDiminutive suffix

via Esperanto fleksi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantofleksito bend
2Latinflectōto bend, curve or bow
3Proto-Italicflektō—
Every word from Proto-Italic *-kelos →Every word from Latin -culus →Every word from Latin geniculum →