Where does “pliboniĝi” come from?

pliboniĝi (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto pli, from French plus, from Old French plus, from Latin plūs, from Old Latin plous, from Proto-Indo-European ploh₁is-.

pliboniĝi (Esperanto): to improve

Definitions

  1. to improve

Ancestry of “pliboniĝi”, step by step

pliboniĝi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Esperanto pli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantoplimore
2Frenchplusmore, -er; more; the most, -est
3Old Frenchplusmore than
4Latinplūsmore; more of
5Old Latinplous
6Proto-Indo-Europeanploh₁is-

via Esperanto bona

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantobonagood
2Latinbonusgood, honest, brave, noble, kind, pleasant;...
3Old LatinduenosAlternative form of duonus
4Proto-Italicdwenosgood
5Proto-Indo-Europeandew-to show favour, revere; to fail, to lag, to be...

Words derived from “pliboniĝi

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ploh₁is-Every word from Old Latin plousEvery word from Latin plūs