Where does “nordoriente” come from?
nordoriente (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto nordoriento, from Esperanto nordo, from English North, from French Nord, from Middle French nord, from Old French nort, from Old English norþ, from Proto-Germanic nurþrą — below the surface, below.
nordoriente (Esperanto): northeasterly
Definitions
- northeasterly
Ancestry of “nordoriente”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | nordoriento | northeast |
| 2 | Esperanto | nordo | north |
| 3 | English | North | Any of various particular regions named for the cardinal direction in which they lie |
| 4 | French | Nord | north |
| 5 | Middle French | nord | north |
| 6 | Old French | nort | north |
| 7 | Old English | norþ | north |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | nurþrą | north, northern; north, northward |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | nurþraz | north, northern |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | *nér | below the surface, below |