Where does “poltrono” come from?
poltrono (Esperanto) comes from Ido poltrono, from Ido -o, from Esperanto -o, from Spanish -ó, from Latin Aramaicus, from Ancient Greek Ἀραμαϊκός, from Aramaic ܐܪܡܝܐ, from Aramaic ארמיא — Aram (son of Shem).
poltrono (Esperanto): coward
Definitions
- coward
Ancestry of “poltrono”, step by step
poltrono traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Ido poltrono
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ido | poltrono | coward, poltroon, skulker |
| 2 | Ido | -o | Nominal suffix. All Ido nouns end in -o |
| 3 | Esperanto | -o | Nominal suffix. Most Esperanto nouns end in "-o";... |
| 4 | Spanish | -ó | A suffix indicating the third-person singular... |
| 5 | Latin | Aramaicus | Aramean, Aramaic |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | Ἀραμαϊκός | Aramean, Aramaic |
| 7 | Aramaic | ܐܪܡܝܐ | Aramean; gentile |
| 8 | Aramaic | ארמיא | Aramaean |
| 9 | Aramaic | ארם | Aram (son of Shem) |
via French poltron
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | poltron | coward; cowardly |
| 2 | Middle French | poltron | coward |
| 3 | Italian | poltrone | lazy, indolent, sluggish; lazy person, indolent... |
| 4 | Italian | poltro | untamed; indolent, lazy; bed |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | pulliter | — |
| 6 | Latin | pullus | A young animal; darling; dark-colored; dusky |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | polHwós | pale, gray |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pelH- | pale, gray |