Where does “mezpunkto” come from?

mezpunkto (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto meza, from Esperanto mezo, from Italian mezzo, from Latin medius, from Latin locus, from Old Latin stlocus, from Proto-Italic stlokos, from Proto-Indo-European stel- — to put, to place; to locate.

mezpunkto (Esperanto): midpoint

Definitions

  1. midpoint

Ancestry of “mezpunkto”, step by step

mezpunkto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Esperanto meza

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantomezamiddle, central; medium
2Esperantomezomiddle
3Italianmezzohalf, middle; means, method; vehicle
4Latinmediusmiddle; half; moderate
5Latinlocusplace, spot; a passage of literature; "in the...
6Old Latinstlocus
7Proto-Italicstlokos
8Proto-Indo-Europeanstel-to put, to place; to locate

via Esperanto punkto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantopunktopoint
2Russianпунктpoint; point, station
3Polishpunktdot; point; spot
4Latinpūnctumpoint
5Latinpunctuspricked, punctured, pierced, having been pricked;...
6Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
7Proto-Italic-tus
8Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European stel-Every word from Proto-Italic stlokosEvery word from Old Latin stlocus
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