Where does “oklatero” come from?

oklatero (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto ok, from Latin octō, from Proto-Italic oktō, from Proto-Indo-European oḱtṓw, from Proto-Indo-European aḱ- — sharp, pointed; sharp, pointed, edgy; sharp,...

oklatero (Esperanto): octagon

Definitions

  1. octagon

Ancestry of “oklatero”, step by step

oklatero traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Esperanto ok

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantookeight
2Latinoctōeight; 8
3Proto-Italicoktōeight
4Proto-Indo-Europeanoḱtṓweight
5Proto-Indo-Europeanaḱ-sharp, pointed; sharp, pointed, edgy; sharp,...

via Esperanto latero

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantolateroside
2Latinlātuswide, broad
3LatincaudaA tail
4Proto-Italickaudātail
5Proto-Indo-Europeankeh₂udeh₂—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European aḱ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European oḱtṓw →Every word from Proto-Italic oktō →