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Where does “sablohorloĝo” come from?

sablohorloĝo (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto horloĝo, from French horloge, from Latin horologium, from Ancient Greek ὡρολόγιον, from Ancient Greek ὥρα, from Proto-Hellenic *worā, from Proto-Indo-European wēr-, from Proto-Indo-European wer- — to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel.

sablohorloĝo (Esperanto): hourglass

Definitions

  1. hourglass

Ancestry of “sablohorloĝo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantohorloĝoclock, watch, timepiece
2Frenchhorlogeclock
3LatinhorologiumA sundial; A water clock; A clock
4Ancient Greekὡρολόγιονmechanism for telling the time, clock
5Ancient Greekὥραany defined period of time; season; climate
6Proto-Hellenic*worā—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanwēr-true
8Proto-Indo-Europeanwer-to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel
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