Where does “preĝejeto” come from?
preĝejeto (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto preĝejo, from Esperanto preĝi, from Italian pregare, from Latin precare, from Latin precari, from Latin precor, from Latin prex, from Proto-Italic preks.
preĝejeto (Esperanto): chapel
Ancestry of “preĝejeto”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Esperanto | preĝejo | house of worship, place of worship |
| 2 | Esperanto | preĝi | to pray |
| 3 | Italian | pregare | to pray; to pray to something; to beg |
| 4 | Latin | precare | second-person singular present active imperative... |
| 5 | Latin | precari | present active infinitive of precor; to pray |
| 6 | Latin | precor | I beseech, beg, pray, entreat; I wish well or ill... |
| 7 | Latin | prex | prayer; request; entreaty |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | preks | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | préḱs | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | preḱ- | to ask |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥ḱneh₂ | — |