Where does “globtrotulo” come from?
globtrotulo (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto troti, from Medieval Latin troto, from English trot, from Middle English trotten, from Old French trotter, from Medieval Latin trotto, from Frankish trottōn, from Proto-Germanic tradjaną — he, she.
globtrotulo (Esperanto): globetrotter
Definitions
- globetrotter
Ancestry of “globtrotulo”, step by step
globtrotulo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Esperanto troti
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | troti | to trot, to cause (for example, a horse) to do so |
| 2 | Medieval Latin | troto | to go |
| 3 | English | trot | An ugly old woman, a hag; A gait of a four-legged... |
| 4 | Middle English | trotten | — |
| 5 | Old French | trotter | — |
| 6 | Medieval Latin | trotto | to go |
| 7 | Frankish | trottōn | to go, run |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | tradjaną | to tread, trample |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 12 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |