Where does “lumrapideco” come from?
lumrapideco (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto lumo, from Latin lūmen, from English -escence, from Latin -escens, from Latin -esco, from Latin -eo, from Proto-Italic -ēō, from Proto-Italic -ējō — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.
lumrapideco (Esperanto): speed of light
Definitions
- speed of light
Ancestry of “lumrapideco”, step by step
lumrapideco traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Esperanto lumo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | lumo | light |
| 2 | Latin | lūmen | light, source of light |
| 3 | English | -escence | a specified process or state |
| 4 | Latin | -escens | — |
| 5 | Latin | -esco | Forms verbs from adjectives meaning "become " |
| 6 | Latin | -eo | Forms stative verbs from adjectives; dative... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -ēō | Forms stative verbs, indicating a state of being;... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -ējō | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₁yeti | Thematicization of the athematic stative verbal... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -yeti | Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots |
via Esperanto rapideco
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | rapideco | speed, velocity, rapidity, quickness, swiftness |
| 2 | Esperanto | rapida | quick, fast, rapid |
| 3 | English | rapid | Very swift or quick; Steep, changing altitude... |
| 4 | French | rapide | fast, rapid; fast; rapidly; quickly; rapid |
| 5 | Italian | rapido | quick, fast, rapid |
| 6 | Spanish | rápido | rapid, quick, fast; rapidly, quickly, fast; rapid |
| 7 | Latin | rapidus | rapid, quick, swift; fierce, seizing; hasty,... |
| 8 | Latin | rapiō | to snatch, grab, carry off, abduct, rape, steal |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁rp-i- | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁rep- | to rip, snatch, tear, pinch; to seize, pluck; to... |