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Where does “retejo” come from?

retejo (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto reto, from French rets, from Old French reiz, from English resel, from English resolution, from Middle English resolucioun, from Latin resolūtiō, from Latin resolvō — passed , crossed.

retejo (Esperanto): website

Definitions

  1. website

Ancestry of “retejo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantoretonet
2Frenchretssnare; net
3Old Frenchreiz—
4EnglishreselA resolution element describing the actual...
5EnglishresolutionA strong will, determination; The state of being...
6Middle Englishresoluciouna breaking into part
7Latinresolūtiō—
8Latinresolvō—
9Latinrĕ-—
10Latinprōdūcō—
11Latinprō-—
12Proto-Italic*pro-—
13Proto-Indo-Europeanpro-toward, forward
14Proto-Indo-Europeanpor-to give birth; forward, through; going, passage
15Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
16Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed
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