Where does “pafilo” come from?

pafilo (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto -ilo, from Proto-Germanic -ilaz, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

pafilo (Esperanto): firearm

Definitions

  1. firearm

Ancestry of “pafilo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperanto-iloan instrument, a tool for performing the action...
2Proto-Germanic-ilazagent suffix; diminutive suffix
3Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

Words derived from “pafilo”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lós →Every word from Proto-Germanic -ilaz →Every word from Esperanto -ilo →
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