Where does “sabotaĵo” come from?

sabotaĵo (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto saboti, from French saboter, from French sabot, from Middle French savate, from Old French chavate — shoe.

sabotaĵo (Esperanto): the thing sabotaged

Definitions

  1. the thing sabotaged

Ancestry of “sabotaĵo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantosabotito sabotage
2Frenchsaboterto sabotage
3Frenchsabotwooden shoe, clog; hoof
4Middle Frenchsavateold shoe
5Old Frenchchavateshoe
Every word from Old French chavate →Every word from Middle French savate →Every word from French sabot →