Where does “langosto” come from?
langosto (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto lango, from French langue, from Middle French langue, from Old French langue, from Latin lingua, from Latin -ula, from Proto-Indo-European -tlom, from Proto-Indo-European -trom — Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
langosto (Esperanto): hyoid bone
Definitions
- hyoid bone
Ancestry of “langosto”, step by step
langosto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Esperanto lango
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | lango | tongue |
| 2 | French | langue | tongue; language |
| 3 | Middle French | langue | tongue; language |
| 4 | Old French | langue | tongue; language |
| 5 | Latin | lingua | tongue; a speech; an utterance or expression |
| 6 | Latin | -ula | regō + API → rēgula; tegō + API → tēgula;... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tlom | Alternative form of *-trom |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -trom | Forms nouns denoting a tool or instrument |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -tḗr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
via Esperanto osto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | osto | bone |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | ὀστέον | bone; bones of the earth = rock; stone of fruit |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | κλάσις | breaking, fracture; bending of the knee joint,... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -σῐς | "suffix forming nouns" |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -τις | retained after dentals |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -tis | Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots |