Where does “saĝtelefono” come from?
saĝtelefono (Esperanto) comes 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, from Proto-Italic kommoinis — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
saĝtelefono (Esperanto): smartphone
Definitions
- smartphone
Ancestry of “saĝtelefono”, step by step
saĝtelefono traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Esperanto telefono
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | telefono | telephone |
| 2 | French | téléphone | telephone; first-person singular present... |
| 3 | French | télé- | tele- |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | τῆλε | far off, afar, far away |
| 5 | Latin | commūnicāre | — |
| 6 | Latin | commūnis | common, commonplace, ordinary, general, universal, shared, shared alike, of both sides, belonging to two or more together |
| 7 | Old Latin | com(m)oinis | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | kommoinis | common |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱom-moy-ni- | held in common |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 12 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 13 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 14 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 15 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 16 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 18 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
via Esperanto saĝa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | saĝa | wise |
| 2 | French | sage | wise: prudent, cautious, and judicious; Chaste,... |
| 3 | Old French | sage | wise |
| 4 | Latin | sagāx | of quick perception, having acute senses; keen-scented |
| 5 | Latin | -āx | ish, -y |
| 6 | Latin | -ium | Suffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes... |
| 7 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |