Where does “grandampleksa” come from?
grandampleksa (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto granda, from French grand, from Middle French grand, from Old French grant, from Old French -ur, from Latin -or, from Proto-Italic -ōs, from Proto-Indo-European -ōs — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;...
grandampleksa (Esperanto): extensive, vast
Definitions
- extensive, vast
Ancestry of “grandampleksa”, step by step
grandampleksa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Esperanto granda
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | granda | big, large |
| 2 | French | grand | big, great, grand; tall; Great, an honorific... |
| 3 | Middle French | grand | big; large |
| 4 | Old French | grant | big, large |
| 5 | Old French | -ur | -er, used for form agent nouns |
| 6 | Latin | -or | used to form a third-declension masculine... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -ōs | Creates masculine action nouns or result nouns... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -ōs | Creates masculine and feminine action nouns or... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -oss | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -os | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;... |
via Esperanto amplekso
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | amplekso | extent, range, scope, magnitude, scale, size, proportions |
| 2 | Latin | amplexus | surrounded, encircled, entwined; embraced,... |
| 3 | Latin | amplector | I surround, encircle or entwine; I embrace, hug,... |
| 4 | Latin | ambi- | around, about |
| 5 | Latin | ambō | both |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂m̥bʰi | around, on either side of, about; in exchange... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂n̥tbʰi | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂énts | forehead; front |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ent- | face; forehead; front |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂en- | on, onto |