Where does “peranto” come from?
peranto (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto per-, from Esperanto per, from Latin per, from Latin Ad, from Latin illic, from Latin ille, from Latin olle, from Proto-Italic *olnos — that.
peranto (Esperanto): intermediary, mediator
Definitions
- intermediary, mediator
Ancestry of “peranto”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | per- | — |
| 2 | Esperanto | per | by means of, with |
| 3 | Latin | per | through, by means of; throughout, during |
| 4 | Latin | Ad | toward, to |
| 5 | Latin | illic | he, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that... |
| 6 | Latin | ille | that; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that... |
| 7 | Latin | olle | Archaic form of ille |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | *olnos | that |