Where does “posteuleco” come from?
posteuleco (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto posteulo, from Esperanto poste, from Esperanto -e, from Latin -ē, from Latin dis-, from Latin calceus, from Latin calx, from Ancient Greek χάλιξ — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
posteuleco (Esperanto): succession
Ancestry of “posteuleco”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Esperanto | posteulo | successor |
| 2 | Esperanto | poste | afterwards |
| 3 | Esperanto | -e | -ly; the ending for correlatives of place |
| 4 | Latin | -ē | — |
| 5 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 6 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 7 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |