Where does “iutage” come from?
iutage (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto iu, from Esperanto -u, from Esperanto unu, from Esperanto nur, from German nur, from Middle High German nuor, from Old High German niwāri.
iutage (Esperanto): one day
Definitions
- one day
Ancestry of “iutage”, step by step
iutage traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Esperanto iu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | iu | some; someone, somebody |
| 2 | Esperanto | -u | do !; -one |
| 3 | Esperanto | unu | one |
| 4 | Esperanto | nur | only, just |
| 5 | German | nur | only, just, merely, simply; ever; at all;... |
| 6 | Middle High German | nuor | — |
| 7 | Old High German | niwāri | — |
via Esperanto tage
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | tage | by day, during the day, in the daytime |
| 2 | Esperanto | -e | -ly; the ending for correlatives of place |
| 3 | Latin | -ē | ly; used to form adverbs from adjectives |
| 4 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 5 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 6 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |