Where does “grandparte” come from?
grandparte (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;...
grandparte (Esperanto): in major part, to a large extent
Definitions
- in major part, to a large extent
Ancestry of “grandparte”, step by step
grandparte 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 parto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | parto | part; share |
| 2 | French | partie | part; party; game, play |
| 3 | French | partir | to share, to share out, to divide; to go away,... |
| 4 | Middle French | partir | to leave; to divide up |
| 5 | Old French | partir | to leave; to divide up |
| 6 | Latin | partiō | to share, part, apportion; divide, distribute |
| 7 | Latin | pars | part, side, piece, share; some; faction |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |