Where does “plimulto” come from?

plimulto (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto multa, from Latin multus, from Proto-Italic moltos, from Proto-Indo-European ml̥tós, from Proto-Indo-European mel-, from Proto-Indo-European mey- — to strengthen; to bind; to change, exchange.

plimulto (Esperanto): majority

Definitions

  1. majority

Ancestry of “plimulto”, step by step

plimulto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Esperanto multa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantomultamuch, a lot
2Latinmultusmuch; many
3Proto-Italicmoltosmuch, many
4Proto-Indo-Europeanml̥tóscrumbled, crumpled
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmel-soft; tender; weak; to deceive; to rub
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmey-to strengthen; to bind; to change, exchange

via Esperanto pli

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

Words derived from “plimulto”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European mey- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European mel- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ml̥tós →
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