Where does “lapfermilo” come from?
lapfermilo (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto fermilo, from Esperanto Fermi, from French fermer, from Old French fermer, from Latin firmō, from Latin Firmus, from Proto-Italic fermos, from Proto-Indo-European dʰer-mo-s — to support; to hold.
lapfermilo (Esperanto): hook-and-loop fastener
Ancestry of “lapfermilo”, step by step