Where does “infantimigulo” come from?

infantimigulo (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto infano, from French enfant, from Middle French enfant, from Old French enfant, from Latin īnfāntem, from Latin īnfāns, from Latin īn-, from Latin în — in.

infantimigulo (Esperanto): bogeyman menacing, ghost-like monster found in children's stories

Definitions

  1. bogeyman menacing, ghost-like monster found in children's stories

Ancestry of “infantimigulo”, step by step

infantimigulo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Esperanto infano

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantoinfanochild
2Frenchenfantchild
3Middle Frenchenfantchild
4Old Frenchenfantchild
5Latinīnfāntem
6Latinīnfānsspeechless, inarticulate
7Latinīn-un-, non-, not
8Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
9Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
10Proto-Italicenin
11Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

via Esperanto timigi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantotimigito frighten, intimidate
2Esperanto-iĝito become; to change in state; makes intransitive...
3Italian-eggiareUsed to form verbs from adjectives or nouns
4Latin-izāre
5Ancient Greek-ίζεινpresent active infinitive of -ίζω; -ize
6Ancient Greek-ίζωUsed to form verbs from nouns, adjectives and...
7Proto-Hellenic-íďďō
8Proto-Indo-European-idyéti
9Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
10Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-
11Chichewaiyehe, she
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁énEvery word from Latin īn-Every word from Proto-Italic en