Where does “neĝleopardo” come from?
neĝleopardo (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto neĝo, from French neige, from French neiger, from Old French negier, from Vulgar Latin nivicare, from Latin nix, from Latin -eus, from Ancient Greek -εῖος — Creates adjectives from verb stems.
neĝleopardo (Esperanto): snow leopard
Definitions
- snow leopard
Ancestry of “neĝleopardo”, step by step
neĝleopardo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
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 |
via Esperanto leopardo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | leopardo | leopard |