Where does “kartludo” come from?
kartludo (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto karto, from English card, from Middle English carde, from Old French carte, from Latin charta, from French cartel, from Italian cartello, from Italian carta — to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines.
kartludo (Esperanto): card game
Definitions
- card game
Ancestry of “kartludo”, step by step
kartludo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Esperanto karto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | karto | card |
| 2 | English | card | A playing card; Any game using playing cards; a... |
| 3 | Middle English | carde | playing card |
| 4 | Old French | carte | Alternative form of chartre |
| 5 | Latin | charta | papyrus, paper; poem, a writing; map |
| 6 | French | cartel | a cartel |
| 7 | Italian | cartello | sign, notice, placard, signboard; signpost, road... |
| 8 | Italian | carta | paper; map; menu |
| 9 | Latin | carta | papyrus; letter etc |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | χάρτης | sheet of paper, paper; book |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | χαράσσω | to sharpen; to engrave, carve, write, draw, stamp |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰer- | to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines |
via Esperanto ludo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | ludo | game |
| 2 | Esperanto | -o | Nominal suffix. Most Esperanto nouns end in "-o";... |
| 3 | Spanish | -ó | A suffix indicating the third-person singular... |
| 4 | Latin | Aramaicus | Aramean, Aramaic |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | Ἀραμαϊκός | Aramean, Aramaic |
| 6 | Aramaic | ܐܪܡܝܐ | Aramean; gentile |
| 7 | Aramaic | ארמיא | Aramaean |
| 8 | Aramaic | ארם | Aram (son of Shem) |