Where does “olda” come from?

olda (Esperanto) comes from Ido olda, from English Old, from Middle English old, from Old English ald, from Proto-Germanic *ald, from Proto-Germanic aldaz, from Proto-Indo-European h₂eltós, from Proto-Indo-European h₂él- — to grow, nourish.

olda (Esperanto): old; old-fashioned or overly conservative in...

Definitions

  1. old; old-fashioned or overly conservative in...

Ancestry of “olda”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Idooldaold
2EnglishOldOS grid ref SP7873
3Middle Englisholdold; long extant or existent
4Old EnglishaldAlternative form of eald
5Proto-Germanic*ald—
6Proto-Germanicaldazold, grown up
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eltós—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂él-to grow, nourish

Words derived from “olda”

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