Where does “kiamaniere” come from?
kiamaniere (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto kia, 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.
kiamaniere (Esperanto): how, in what way
Definitions
- how, in what way
Ancestry of “kiamaniere”, step by step
kiamaniere traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Esperanto kia
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | kia | what kind of, which kind of |
| 2 | Esperanto | ki- | wh-, what |
| 3 | French | qui | who, whom |
| 4 | Middle French | qui | who; which |
| 5 | Old French | qui | who |
| 6 | Latin | quī | who, that, which, what |
| 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 |
via Esperanto maniero
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | maniero | manner, way |
| 2 | German | Manier | manner, style; Plural: see Manieren |
| 3 | French | manière | manner, way; somewhat, kinda, sorta, a bit, a... |
| 4 | Middle French | maniere | manner; method; way |
| 5 | Old French | maniere | — |
| 6 | Vulgar Latin | manaria | — |
| 7 | Latin | manuārius | of or pertaining to the hand |
| 8 | Latin | manus | hand; bravery, valor; violence, fighting |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | manus | hand |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | man- | human being; man; hand |