Where does “grafo” come from?

grafo (Esperanto) comes from German graf, from Middle High German grâve, from Old High German grāfio, from Proto-West Germanic garāfijō — count; earl; reeve, bailiff.

grafo (Esperanto): earl, count

Definitions

  1. earl, count

Ancestry of “grafo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germangrafcount (a member of the German nobility)
2Middle High Germangrâvecount
3Old High Germangrāfioruler; count, local judge
4Proto-West Germanicgarāfijōcount; earl; reeve, bailiff

Words derived from “grafo”

Every word from Proto-West Germanic garāfijō →Every word from Old High German grāfio →Every word from Middle High German grâve →
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