Where does “laŭdire” come from?
laŭdire (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto diro, from Esperanto diri, from Occitan dire, from Old Occitan dire, from Latin dīcō, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
laŭdire (Esperanto): according to what is said
Definitions
- according to what is said
Ancestry of “laŭdire”, step by step
laŭdire traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Esperanto diro
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | diro | statement, utterance, saying |
| 2 | Esperanto | diri | to say, tell |
| 3 | Occitan | dire | to say; to mean; to signify |
| 4 | Old Occitan | dire | to say |
| 5 | Latin | dīcō | to say, talk, speak, utter, mention |
| 6 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 7 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 8 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 9 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 10 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 11 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 12 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 13 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via Esperanto laŭ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | laŭ | according to; along |
| 2 | German | Laut | sound; noise |
| 3 | Middle High German | lūt | loud |
| 4 | Old High German | lūt | loud |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | hlūd | loud; sound |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | hlūdaz | loud; famous |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | wīgą | fight, battle |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | weyḱ- | to enter in; to settle; settlement |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | wey- | to wither; fade; to move, go ahead; to be strong;... |