Where does “manrelo” come from?
manrelo (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto relo, from French rail, from English rail, from Middle English rail, from Old English regol, from Latin rēgula, from Latin -ula, from Proto-Indo-European -tlom — Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
manrelo (Esperanto): handrail
Definitions
- handrail
Ancestry of “manrelo”, step by step
manrelo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Esperanto relo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | relo | rail |
| 2 | French | rail | rail |
| 3 | English | rail | A horizontal bar extending between supports and... |
| 4 | Middle English | rail | — |
| 5 | Old English | regol | a rule; a ruler |
| 6 | Latin | rēgula | rule, bar |
| 7 | Latin | -ula | regō + API → rēgula; tegō + API → tēgula;... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tlom | Alternative form of *-trom |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -trom | Forms nouns denoting a tool or instrument |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -tḗr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |