Where does “retpoŝtelefono” come from?
retpoŝtelefono (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto poŝtelefono, from Esperanto telefono, from French téléphone, from French télé-, from Ancient Greek τῆλε, from Latin commūnicāre, from Latin commūnis, from Old Latin com(m)oinis — resin, gum; to say, speak.
retpoŝtelefono (Esperanto): smartphone
Definitions
- smartphone
Ancestry of “retpoŝtelefono”, step by step
retpoŝtelefono traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Esperanto poŝtelefono
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | poŝtelefono | cell phone |
| 2 | Esperanto | telefono | telephone |
| 3 | French | téléphone | telephone; first-person singular present... |
| 4 | French | télé- | tele- |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | τῆλε | far off, afar, far away |
| 6 | Latin | commūnicāre | — |
| 7 | Latin | commūnis | common, commonplace, ordinary, general, universal, shared, shared alike, of both sides, belonging to two or more together |
| 8 | Old Latin | com(m)oinis | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | kommoinis | common |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱom-moy-ni- | held in common |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 13 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 14 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 15 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 16 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 17 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 18 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
via Esperanto reto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | reto | net |
| 2 | French | rets | snare; net |
| 3 | Old French | reiz | — |
| 4 | English | resel | A resolution element describing the actual... |
| 5 | English | resolution | A strong will, determination; The state of being... |
| 6 | Middle English | resolucioun | a breaking into part |
| 7 | Latin | resolūtiō | untying, unbinding, loosening |
| 8 | Latin | resolvō | to release, loosen, unloose, unbind, disentangle, relax, dissolve |
| 9 | Latin | rĕ- | back, backwards |
| 10 | Latin | prōdūcō | to lead or bring forth, forward or out |
| 11 | Latin | prō- | forward direction, forward movement |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | *pro- | pro- see the Latin entry for further meanings |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | pro- | toward, forward |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | por- | to give birth; forward, through; going, passage |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |