Where does “kontaktilo” come from?

kontaktilo (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto -ilo, from Proto-Germanic -ilaz, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

kontaktilo (Esperanto): plug

Definitions

  1. plug

Ancestry of “kontaktilo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperanto-iloan instrument, a tool for performing the action...
2Proto-Germanic-ilazagent suffix; diminutive suffix
3Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lós →Every word from Proto-Germanic -ilaz →Every word from Esperanto -ilo →