Where does “matearbo” come from?
matearbo (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto Mateo, from Spanish maté, from French mât, from Middle French mast, from Old French mast, from Latin mastus, from Frankish mast, from Proto-Germanic mastaz — pole, mast; plank, board, flooring; perch, pole,...
matearbo (Esperanto): yerba mate
Definitions
- yerba mate
Ancestry of “matearbo”, step by step
matearbo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Esperanto Mateo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | Mateo | maté, yerba mate |
| 2 | Spanish | maté | matte |
| 3 | French | mât | mast; flagstaff |
| 4 | Middle French | mast | mast structure found on watercraft |
| 5 | Old French | mast | mast structure found on watercraft |
| 6 | Latin | mastus | ship mast |
| 7 | Frankish | mast | ship mast; mast |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | mastaz | rod, pole, perch; bar, plank; mast |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | mazdos | pole, mast; plank, board, flooring; perch, pole,... |
via Esperanto arbo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | arbo | tree |
| 2 | French | arbre | tree; axle; drive shaft |
| 3 | Old French | arbre | tree |
| 4 | Latin | arbor | a tree; something made from a tree, of wood; the... |
| 5 | Latin | arbos | Alternative form of arbor |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃erdʰ- | to increase, grow; upright, high |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -wós | Creates adjectives from verb stems |