Where does “lemas” come from?

lemas (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto lemi, from Finnish Klemetti, from Latin Clēmēns.

lemas (Esperanto): present of lemi

Definitions

  1. present of lemi

Ancestry of “lemas”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantolemi—
2FinnishKlemetticommon in the Middle Ages but rare today
3LatinClēmēns—
Every word from Latin Clēmēns →Every word from Finnish Klemetti →Every word from Esperanto lemi →