Where does “libroŝranko” come from?
libroŝranko (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto libro, from French livre, from Middle French livre, from Old French livre, from Latin Līber, from Old Latin loeber, from French lober, from French lob — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
libroŝranko (Esperanto): bookcase
Definitions
- bookcase
Ancestry of “libroŝranko”, step by step
libroŝranko traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Esperanto libro
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | libro | a book |
| 2 | French | livre | book; pound; grade |
| 3 | Middle French | livre | book |
| 4 | Old French | livre | book; livre; pound |
| 5 | Latin | Līber | — |
| 6 | Old Latin | loeber | — |
| 7 | French | lober | to lob |
| 8 | French | lob | lob |
| 9 | English | lob | To throw or hit a ball into the air in a high... |
| 10 | English | long | Having much distance from one terminating point... |
| 11 | English | longitude | Angular distance measured west or east of the... |
| 12 | Old French | longitude | — |
| 13 | Latin | longitūdō | length, longitude; longness |
| 14 | Latin | longus | far, long; extended, prolonged; long; tedious,... |
| 15 | Latin | -ē | ly; used to form adverbs from adjectives |
| 16 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 17 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 18 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 19 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |