Where does “kvinangulo” come from?

kvinangulo (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto angulo, from Latin Angulus, from Proto-Indo-European h₂engulos, from Proto-Indo-European h₂eng- — curve, bend.

kvinangulo (Esperanto): pentagon

Definitions

  1. pentagon

Ancestry of “kvinangulo”, step by step

kvinangulo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Esperanto angulo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantoangulocorner; angle
2LatinAngulusA city of the Vestini, situated on a hill near the Adriatic Sea, now the town of Città Sant'Angelo
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂engulosjoint?
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eng-curve, bend

via Esperanto kvin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantokvinfive
2Latinquīnquefive; 5
3Proto-Italickʷenkʷefive
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpénkʷefive

Words derived from “kvinangulo”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂eng- →