Where does “ilustri” come from?
ilustri (Esperanto) comes from Russian иллюстри́ровать, from German illustrieren, from German -ieren, from French -er, from English -er, from Middle English -er, from Old French -er, from Latin -āre — he, she.
ilustri (Esperanto): to illustrate
Definitions
- to illustrate
Ancestry of “ilustri”, step by step
ilustri traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Russian иллюстри́ровать
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | иллюстри́ровать | to illustrate |
| 2 | German | illustrieren | to illustrate |
| 3 | German | -ieren | Verb suffix: it and its inflected forms are found... |
| 4 | French | -er | Forms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs |
| 5 | English | -er | A person or thing that does an action indicated... |
| 6 | Middle English | -er | agentive suffix; agent noun suffix |
| 7 | Old French | -er | Alternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;... |
| 8 | Latin | -āre | first conjugation |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 13 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via English illustrate
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | illustrate | To shed light upon; To clarify something by... |
| 2 | English | illustration | The act of illustrating; the act of making clear... |
| 3 | Middle French | illustration | — |
| 4 | Latin | illūstrātiō | the action of lighting up, brightening |
| 5 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 6 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 7 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 8 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 9 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 10 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 11 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 12 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via Italian illustrare
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | illustrare | to illustrate; to illustrate, explain, expound,... |
| 2 | Latin | illūstrāre | — |