Where does “iafoje” come from?
iafoje (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto fojo, from French fois, from Middle French foys, from Old French foiz, from Old French feiz, from Latin vicis, from Proto-Indo-European weyḱ-, from Proto-Indo-European wey- — to wither; fade; to move, go ahead; to be strong;...
iafoje (Esperanto): sometimes
Definitions
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Ancestry of “iafoje”, step by step
iafoje traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Esperanto fojo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | fojo | time, occasion |
| 2 | French | fois | time, an instance of something happening; a... |
| 3 | Middle French | foys | time; occasion; occurrence |
| 4 | Old French | foiz | time; instance; occurrence |
| 5 | Old French | feiz | time; instance; occasion |
| 6 | Latin | vicis | change, alternation, turn; time, instance; season |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | weyḱ- | to enter in; to settle; settlement |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | wey- | to wither; fade; to move, go ahead; to be strong;... |
via Esperanto ia
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | ia | some kind of |
| 2 | Esperanto | -a | Related to, in the manner of, of; Belonging to,... |
| 3 | Italian | -a | Used, with a stem, to form the third-person... |
| 4 | Latin | -a | suffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -ā | Forms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂ | — |