Where does “lapo” come from?

lapo (Esperanto) comes from Latin lappa, from Proto-Indo-European leb- — to hang down loosely; lip; lick.

lapo (Esperanto): burdock

Definitions

  1. burdock

Ancestry of “lapo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinlappaburdock
2Proto-Indo-Europeanleb-to hang down loosely; lip; lick

Words derived from “lapo”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European leb- →Every word from Latin lappa →