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Where does “monstra” come from?

monstra (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto monstro, from Latin mōnstrum, from Proto-Italic monestrom.

monstra (Esperanto): monstrous

Definitions

  1. monstrous

Ancestry of “monstra”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantomonstromonster
2Latinmōnstrum—
3Proto-Italicmonestrom—
Every word from Proto-Italic monestrom →