Where does “retkamerao” come from?

retkamerao (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.

retkamerao (Esperanto): webcam

Definitions

  1. webcam

Ancestry of “retkamerao”, step by step

retkamerao traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Esperanto reto

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
7Latinresolūtiōuntying, unbinding, loosening
8Latinresolvōto release, loosen, unloose, unbind, disentangle, relax, dissolve
9Latinrĕ-back, backwards
10Latinprōdūcōto lead or bring forth, forward or out
11Latinprō-forward direction, forward movement
12Proto-Italic*pro-pro- see the Latin entry for further meanings
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

via Esperanto fotilo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantofotilophoto camera
2Esperanto-iloan instrument, a tool for performing the action...
3Proto-Germanic-ilazagent suffix; diminutive suffix
4Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tós