Where does “piedfingro” come from?
piedfingro (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto piedo, from Italian piede, from Old French perdre, from Latin perdo, from Latin -dō, from Proto-Germanic -dô, from Sicilian di, from Latin dē — afterwards, post; by, at.
piedfingro (Esperanto): toe
Definitions
- toe
Ancestry of “piedfingro”, step by step
piedfingro traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Esperanto piedo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | piedo | foot |
| 2 | Italian | piede | foot |
| 3 | Old French | perdre | to lose |
| 4 | Latin | perdo | I destroy, ruin, wreck; I waste, squander; I lose... |
| 5 | Latin | -dō | to put |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -dô | — |
| 7 | Sicilian | di | Used to indicate possession, after the thing owned and before the owner; of; ’s |
| 8 | Latin | dē | of; concerning; about |
| 9 | Latin | post | behind; after, since, besides, except; behind,... |
| 10 | Latin | poste | ablative singular of postis |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | posti | behind, after |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | pósti | after |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | pós | afterwards, post; by, at |
via Esperanto fingro
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | fingro | finger |
| 2 | English | finger | A slender jointed extremity of the human hand, (often) exclusive of the thumb, and the corresponding part, irrespective of including a thumb, in many other animals |
| 3 | German | Finger | finger |
| 4 | Middle High German | vinger | finger |
| 5 | Old High German | fingar | finger |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | fingr | finger |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | fingraz | finger |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | penkʷrós | — |