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Where does “piedo” come from?

piedo (Esperanto) comes from Italian piede, from Old French perdre, from Latin perdo, from Latin -dō, from Proto-Germanic -dô, from Sicilian di, from Latin dē, from Latin post — afterwards, post; by, at.

piedo (Esperanto): foot

Definitions

  1. foot

Ancestry of “piedo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianpiedefoot
2Old Frenchperdreto lose
3LatinperdoI destroy, ruin, wreck; I waste, squander; I lose...
4Latin-dō—
5Proto-Germanic-dô—
6Siciliandi—
7Latindē—
8Latinpostbehind; after, since, besides, except; behind,...
9Latinposteablative singular of postis
10Proto-Italicposti—
11Proto-Indo-Europeanpósti—
12Proto-Indo-Europeanpósafterwards, post; by, at

Words derived from “piedo”

  • piedbati
  • piedfingro
  • piedego
  • piedbenketo
  • piednoto
  • piedkalo
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