Where does “memamo” come from?
memamo (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto amo, from Esperanto ami, from French aimer, from Latin amō, from Latin Deus, from Latin dẹ̄vos, from Old Latin deivos, from Proto-Italic deiwos — to be bright; sky, heaven.
memamo (Esperanto): self-love, self-regard, vanity, narcissism
Definitions
- self-love, self-regard, vanity, narcissism
Ancestry of “memamo”, step by step
memamo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Esperanto amo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | amo | love |
| 2 | Esperanto | ami | to love |
| 3 | French | aimer | to love; to like |
| 4 | Latin | amō | to love |
| 5 | Latin | Deus | God |
| 6 | Latin | dẹ̄vos | — |
| 7 | Old Latin | deivos | god, deity |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | deiwos | god, deity |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | deywós | god |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dyew- | to be bright; sky, heaven |
via Esperanto mem
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | mem | -self, -selves; itself |
| 2 | French | [[même#Adjective | — |