Where does “pomarbo” come from?
pomarbo (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto pomo, from French pommé, from Middle French pomme, from Old French pome, from Latin pōmum, from Latin pōmus, from Proto-Italic poomos, from Proto-Indo-European h₂po-h₁ém-os — from, off, back; off, away; off, from.
pomarbo (Esperanto): apple tree
Definitions
- apple tree
Ancestry of “pomarbo”, step by step
pomarbo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Esperanto pomo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | pomo | apple |
| 2 | French | pommé | past participle of pommer; grown round, or like... |
| 3 | Middle French | pomme | — |
| 4 | Old French | pome | apple |
| 5 | Latin | pōmum | any type of fruit (applied to apples, cherries, nuts, berries, figs, dates, etc.) |
| 6 | Latin | pōmus | fruit |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | poomos | fruit |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂po-h₁ém-os | taken off |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂epo | from, off, back; off, away; off, from |
via Esperanto arbo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | arbo | tree |
| 2 | French | arbre | tree; axle; drive shaft |
| 3 | Old French | arbre | tree |
| 4 | Latin | arbor | a tree; something made from a tree, of wood; the... |
| 5 | Latin | arbos | Alternative form of arbor |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃erdʰ- | to increase, grow; upright, high |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -wós | Creates adjectives from verb stems |