Where does “retmesaĝo” come from?

retmesaĝo (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.

retmesaĝo (Esperanto): a message sent via e-mail

Definitions

  1. a message sent via e-mail

Ancestry of “retmesaĝo”, step by step

retmesaĝo 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 mesaĝo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantomesaĝomessage
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tósEvery word from Proto-Indo-European per-Every word from Latin rĕ-
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