Where does “hufumkrabo” come from?
hufumkrabo (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto krabo, from English crab, from English carabiner, from German Karabinerhaken, from German Karabiner, from French carabine, from French carabin, from French escarrabin — a kind of beetle, probably a longhorn beetle; a...
hufumkrabo (Esperanto): horseshoe crab
Definitions
- horseshoe crab
Ancestry of “hufumkrabo”, step by step
hufumkrabo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Esperanto krabo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | krabo | crab |
| 2 | English | crab | A crustacean of the infraorder Brachyura, having... |
| 3 | English | carabiner | A metal link with a gate that can open and close,... |
| 4 | German | Karabinerhaken | carabiner, snap hook, snap-link |
| 5 | German | Karabiner | carbine; Karabinerhaken: carabiner |
| 6 | French | carabine | rifle; mistress of a cavalry soldier |
| 7 | French | carabin | carabineer; medical student |
| 8 | French | escarrabin | grave digger |
| 9 | Middle French | scarabée | beetle |
| 10 | Latin | scarabaeus | A scarab, black dung beetle, revered in Ancient... |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | κάραβος | a kind of beetle, probably a longhorn beetle; a... |
via Esperanto hufumo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | hufumo | horseshoe |
| 2 | Esperanto | hufo | hoof |
| 3 | German | huf | hoof |
| 4 | English | hoof | The tip of a toe of an ungulate such as a horse,... |
| 5 | Middle English | hof | measure, reason |
| 6 | Old English | hōf | court, hall |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | *hōf | — |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | hufą | hill, elevated place; house, hall, estate |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | keup- | to arch, bend, buckle; a hollow |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | keu- | bend; vault, hole; to shine; light; bright |