Where does “kialo” come from?
kialo (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto kial, from Esperanto ki-, from French qui, from Middle French qui, from Old French qui, from Latin quī, from Latin -cumque, from Latin cumque — whale, sea monster; abyss.
kialo (Esperanto): reason
Ancestry of “kialo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Esperanto | kial | why |
| 2 | Esperanto | ki- | wh-, what |
| 3 | French | qui | who, whom; who, whom , which, that; if |
| 4 | Middle French | qui | who; which |
| 5 | Old French | qui | who |
| 6 | Latin | quī | — |
| 7 | Latin | -cumque | Used to derive indefinite adjectives, adverbs and... |
| 8 | Latin | cumque | however, whenever, howsoever, whensoever |
| 9 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 10 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 14 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 15 | Russian | кит | whale; genitive plural of ки́та |
| 16 | Old Church Slavonic | китъ | whale |
| 17 | Ancient Greek | κῆτος | whale, sea monster; abyss |
Words derived from “kialo”