Where does “kanajlaro” come from?
kanajlaro (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto kanajlo, from French canaille, from Middle French canaille, from Italian canaglia, from Vulgar Latin canalia, from Latin Canis, from Ancient Greek δρόμος, from Ancient Greek -ός — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...
kanajlaro (Esperanto): riffraff, scum
Definitions
- riffraff, scum
Ancestry of “kanajlaro”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | kanajlo | scoundrel, rogue |
| 2 | French | canaille | rabble; rascal, blackguard, scoundrel, scum |
| 3 | Middle French | canaille | — |
| 4 | Italian | canaglia | scoundrel, rogue; canaille |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | canalia | — |
| 6 | Latin | Canis | a dog, a hound animal |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | δρόμος | race, running; racetrack; course, path |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | -ός | Forms agentive or patientive adjectives and nouns from the o-grade of a verbal root |
| 9 | Proto-Hellenic | *-os | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -ós | Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting... |