Where does “muskursoro” come from?
muskursoro (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto muso, from French mouche, from Middle French mousche, from Old French mousche, from Latin musca, from Ancient Greek μυῖα, from Proto-Indo-European mūs- — fly, stinging fly, gnat; moist, damp; swamp,...
muskursoro (Esperanto): mouse pointer
Definitions
- mouse pointer
Ancestry of “muskursoro”, step by step
muskursoro traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Esperanto muso
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | muso | mouse |
| 2 | French | mouche | fly; bullseye; a spy employed by the ancien... |
| 3 | Middle French | mousche | fly |
| 4 | Old French | mousche | — |
| 5 | Latin | musca | a fly; an inquisitive or prying people |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | μυῖα | a fly |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | mūs- | fly, stinging fly, gnat; moist, damp; swamp,... |
via Esperanto kursoro
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | kursoro | cursor, pointer |
| 2 | English | cursor | a part of any of several scientific instruments... |
| 3 | Latin | Cursor | famously held by |
| 4 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |