Where does “marstelo” come from?

marstelo (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto stelo, from Esperanto -o, from Spanish -ó, from Latin Aramaicus, from Ancient Greek Ἀραμαϊκός, from Aramaic ܐܪܡܝܐ, from Aramaic ארמיא, from Aramaic ארם — Aram (son of Shem).

marstelo (Esperanto): starfish

Definitions

  1. starfish

Ancestry of “marstelo”, step by step

marstelo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Esperanto stelo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantosteloa star; a unit of Esperanto international...
2Esperanto-oNominal suffix. Most Esperanto nouns end in "-o";...
3SpanishA suffix indicating the third-person singular...
4LatinAramaicusAramean, Aramaic
5Ancient GreekἈραμαϊκόςAramean, Aramaic
6AramaicܐܪܡܝܐAramean; gentile
7AramaicארמיאAramaean
8AramaicארםAram (son of Shem)

via Esperanto maro

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantomarosea
2Latinmaresea; ablative singular of mās
3Proto-Italicmarisea
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmórisea; standing water
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmer-to die; to disappear; sea, lake, wetland
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