Where does “grandskala” come from?
grandskala (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;...
grandskala (Esperanto): large-scale
Definitions
- large-scale
Ancestry of “grandskala”, step by step
grandskala 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 skalo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | skalo | scale |