Where does “konservaĵo” come from?
konservaĵo (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto konservi, from English conserve, from French conserver, from German konservieren, from Italian conservare, from Spanish conservar, from Latin cōnservō, from Latin cōn- — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
konservaĵo (Esperanto): canned food, preserves
Ancestry of “konservaĵo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Esperanto | konservi | to conserve, keep |
| 2 | English | conserve | Wilderness where human development is prohibited;... |
| 3 | French | conserver | to keep; to retain, conserve, preserve |
| 4 | German | konservieren | to conserve, to preserve |
| 5 | Italian | conservare | to keep, preserve, retain, conserve, hold, save;... |
| 6 | Spanish | conservar | to conserve |
| 7 | Latin | cōnservō | — |
| 8 | Latin | cōn- | — |
| 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 | German | kitt | — |
| 16 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 17 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 18 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 19 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 20 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |