Where does “memofero” come from?

memofero (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto ofero, from German Opfer, from Middle High German opfer, from Old High German ophar.

memofero (Esperanto): self-sacrifice

Definitions

  1. self-sacrifice

Ancestry of “memofero”, step by step

memofero traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Esperanto ofero

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantooferosacrifice
2GermanOpfersacrifice; victim; wimp
3Middle High Germanopfer—
4Old High Germanophar—

via Esperanto mem

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantomem-self, -selves; itself
2French[[même#Adjective—
Every word from Old High German ophar →Every word from Middle High German opfer →Every word from German Opfer →