Where does “reklamo” come from?
reklamo (Esperanto) comes from Polish reklama, from French réclame, from French réclamer, from Old French reclamer, from Latin reclāmō, from Latin rĕ-, from Latin prōdūcō, from Latin prō- — passed , crossed.
reklamo (Esperanto): advertisement; publicity
Ancestry of “reklamo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Polish | reklama | commercial; advertising, publicity |
| 2 | French | réclame | a small, commercial advertisement, originally in... |
| 3 | French | réclamer | to protest; to object; to claim, reclaim |
| 4 | Old French | reclamer | to implore; to shout to |
| 5 | Latin | reclāmō | — |
| 6 | Latin | rĕ- | — |
| 7 | Latin | prōdūcō | — |
| 8 | Latin | prō- | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | *pro- | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pro- | toward, forward |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | por- | to give birth; forward, through; going, passage |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |