Where does “neĝamaso” come from?
neĝamaso (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto amaso, from French amas, from Italian ammasso, from Italian ammassare, from Latin amassāre, from Latin massa, from Ancient Greek μᾶζα, from Ancient Greek μάσσω — to knead, stroke.
neĝamaso (Esperanto): snowdrift
Definitions
- snowdrift
Ancestry of “neĝamaso”, step by step
neĝamaso traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Esperanto amaso
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | amaso | mass large quantity |
| 2 | French | amas | pile, heap; cluster |
| 3 | Italian | ammasso | pile, heap, mass; stockpile; thicket |
| 4 | Italian | ammassare | to pile up, accumulate, amass, hoard; to pack |
| 5 | Latin | amassāre | — |
| 6 | Latin | massa | mass, bulk; load, burden; dough |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | μᾶζα | barley-bread or cake |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | μάσσω | to handle, work with my hands, knead; to wipe |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | mh₂ǵyéti | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | meh₂ǵ- | to knead, stroke |
via Esperanto neĝo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | neĝo | snow |
| 2 | French | neige | snow, crystalline frozen precipitation; cocaine,... |
| 3 | French | neiger | to snow |
| 4 | Old French | negier | to snow |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | nivicare | present active infinitive of *nivicō |
| 6 | Latin | nix | snow; white hair |
| 7 | Latin | -eus | argentum + API → argenteus; ferrum + API →... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | -εῖος | Forms adjectives, usually with a meaning of "of"... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -iHwós | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -wós | Creates adjectives from verb stems |