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Where does “lama” come from?

lama (Esperanto) comes from English lamé, from French lamé, from French -é, from Middle French -é, from Old French -é, from Latin -a, from Proto-Italic -ā, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂.

Ancestry of “lama”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishlaméA fabric made from gold or silver threads and...
2Frenchlamépast participle of lamer
3French-épast participle root verb suffix of regular -er...
4Middle French-é—
5Old French-éused to form past participles of regular -er...
6Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
7Proto-Italic-ā—
8Proto-Indo-European-éh₂—

Words derived from “lama”

  • lami
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