Where does “promenado” come from?
promenado (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto promeni, from French promener, from Middle French pourmener, from Old French pormener, from Old French por, from Late Latin pōr, from Latin prō, from Latin ratus — to fit, to fix, to put together.
promenado (Esperanto): walk, stroll
Ancestry of “promenado”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Esperanto | promeni | to go for a walk; to stroll; to walk around |
| 2 | French | promener | to walk , to go for a walk, to stroll; to walk... |
| 3 | Middle French | pourmener | to walk |
| 4 | Old French | pormener | to walk |
| 5 | Old French | por | for |
| 6 | Late Latin | pōr | — |
| 7 | Latin | prō | — |
| 8 | Latin | ratus | considered, having been considered; established,... |
| 9 | Latin | rēōr | — |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | rēōr | to reckon, to calculate; to think, to deem, to... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂reh₁- | to think, reason; to arrange |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂er- | to fit, to fix, to put together |