Where does “sabotado” come from?

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

sabotado (Esperanto): sabotage

Definitions

  1. sabotage

Ancestry of “sabotado”, 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 →