Where does “kokospalmo” come from?
kokospalmo (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto kokoso, from English coco, from French coco, from Middle French coche, from German Kutsche, from French couché, from French coucher, from Middle French coucher — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
kokospalmo (Esperanto): coconut palm
Definitions
- coconut palm
Ancestry of “kokospalmo”, step by step
kokospalmo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Esperanto kokoso
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | kokoso | coconut |
| 2 | English | coco | Coconut palm; Coconut, the fruit of the coconut... |
| 3 | French | coco | Fruit of the coconut palm, also called noix de... |
| 4 | Middle French | coche | — |
| 5 | German | Kutsche | carriage; coach; A large, old automobile in poor... |
| 6 | French | couché | past participle of coucher; in bed |
| 7 | French | coucher | to lay, to lay down; to put to bed, to put up; to... |
| 8 | Middle French | coucher | to put to bed; setting |
| 9 | Old French | couchier | to go to bed; to have sex; bedtime |
| 10 | Latin | collocō | to place, put, set in order, assign, arrange |
| 11 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 12 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 13 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 14 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 17 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 18 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 19 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 20 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 21 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 22 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 23 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
via Esperanto palmo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | palmo | palm tree |
| 2 | Catalan | palma | palm tree; palm leaf; palm of the hand |
| 3 | Spanish | Palma | palm of the hand |
| 4 | Old Spanish | palma | — |
| 5 | Latin | palma | palm of the hand, hand; blade of an oar; palm... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | pəlmā | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pl̥h₂meh₂ | palm, hand |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | plh₂m- | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pelh₂- | to approach |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pel- | to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold |