Where does “malgrandega” come from?
malgrandega (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto malgranda, from Esperanto granda, from French grand, from Middle French grand, from Old French grant, from Old French -ur, from Latin -or, from Proto-Italic -ōs — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;...
malgrandega (Esperanto): microscopic, minuscule
Ancestry of “malgrandega”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Esperanto | malgranda | small |
| 2 | Esperanto | granda | big, large |
| 3 | French | grand | big, great, grand; tall; Great, an honorific... |
| 4 | Middle French | grand | big; large |
| 5 | Old French | grant | big, large |
| 6 | Old French | -ur | -er, used for form agent nouns |
| 7 | Latin | -or | used to form a third-declension masculine... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -ōs | Creates masculine action nouns or result nouns... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -ōs | Creates masculine and feminine action nouns or... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -oss | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -os | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;... |