Where does “inĝeniero” come from?
inĝeniero (Esperanto) comes from English engineer, from Middle English engyneour, from Old French engigneor, from Latin ingeniator, from Latin ingeniārius, from Latin ingenium, from Latin gignere, from Latin genere — to produce, to beget, to give birth.
inĝeniero (Esperanto): engineer
Ancestry of “inĝeniero”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | engineer | A person who is qualified or professionally... |
| 2 | Middle English | engyneour | — |
| 3 | Old French | engigneor | deceiver; one who deceives; engineer |
| 4 | Latin | ingeniator | engineer |
| 5 | Latin | ingeniārius | — |
| 6 | Latin | ingenium | innate or natural quality, natural character;... |
| 7 | Latin | gignere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 8 | Latin | genere | ablative singular of genus; to beget, produce |
| 9 | Latin | genus | birth, origin, lineage, descent; kind, type,... |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | genos | lineage, origin |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵénh₁os | race, lineage |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵenh₁- | to produce, to beget, to give birth |
Words derived from “inĝeniero”