Where does “pinĉilo” come from?
pinĉilo (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto pinĉi, from English pinch, from Middle English pinchen, from Old French pincer, from Vulgar Latin pincio, from Latin punctiō, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
pinĉilo (Esperanto): pliers
Definitions
- pliers
Ancestry of “pinĉilo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | pinĉi | to pinch |
| 2 | English | pinch | To squeeze a small amount of a person's skin and... |
| 3 | Middle English | pinchen | — |
| 4 | Old French | pincer | to pinch |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | pincio | to puncture, pinch; I puncture, prick, pierce,... |
| 6 | Latin | punctiō | puncture, pricking |
| 7 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 8 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 9 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 10 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 11 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 12 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 13 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 14 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |