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Where does “pumpilo” come from?

pumpilo (Esperanto) comes from Latin antlia, from Ancient Greek ἀντλία, from Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ, from Proto-Indo-European -íh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

pumpilo (Esperanto): pump

Definitions

  1. pump

Ancestry of “pumpilo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinantliaa foot-operated pump for drawing water; the body...
2Ancient GreekἀντλίαA baling out of bilge-water; bilge-water, filth;...
3Ancient Greek-ῐ́ᾱ{{l|en|-ia}}; "suffix forming abstract feminine...
4Proto-Indo-European-íh₂—
5Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

Words derived from “pumpilo”

  • fajropumpilo
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