Where does “metiisto” come from?
metiisto (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto metio, from French métier, from Old French mestier, from Vulgar Latin misterium, from Latin ministerium, from Latin -ium, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
metiisto (Esperanto): artisan
Definitions
- artisan
Ancestry of “metiisto”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | metio | craft, trade |
| 2 | French | métier | job, profession, trade; skill; machine, device,... |
| 3 | Old French | mestier | job; occupation; employment |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | misterium | — |
| 5 | Latin | ministerium | ministry; employment, ministration; service |
| 6 | Latin | -ium | Suffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes... |
| 7 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |