Where does “pridemando” come from?
pridemando (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto demando, from Esperanto demandi, from French demander, from Middle French demander, from Old French demander, from Latin demando, from Latin dē-, from Latin dē — afterwards, post; by, at.
pridemando (Esperanto): query
Ancestry of “pridemando”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Esperanto | demando | question, interrogative; issue, question |
| 2 | Esperanto | demandi | to ask, inquire, question |
| 3 | French | demander | to ask; to request; to wonder |
| 4 | Middle French | demander | to ask |
| 5 | Old French | demander | to ask |
| 6 | Latin | demando | I entrust, commit |
| 7 | Latin | dē- | — |
| 8 | Latin | dē | — |
| 9 | Latin | post | behind; after, since, besides, except; behind,... |
| 10 | Latin | poste | ablative singular of postis |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | posti | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | pósti | — |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | pós | afterwards, post; by, at |