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Where does “sako” come from?

sako (Esperanto) comes from English Sack, from Middle English sak, from Old English sacc, from Old English sæcc, from Proto-West Germanic sakku, from Proto-Germanic sakkuz, from Latin saccus, from Ancient Greek σάκκος — sack; sackcloth; sackcloth vestment, penitential...

sako (Esperanto): chess; check

Definitions

  1. chess; check

Ancestry of “sako”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishSacksack
2Middle Englishsakbag, sackcloth
3Old Englishsaccsack, bag
4Old Englishsæccbattle, strife, fighting
5Proto-West Germanicsakku—
6Proto-Germanicsakkuzsack, bag, purse
7Latinsaccussack, bag; purse, wallet, moneybag; garment of...
8Ancient Greekσάκκοςsack; sackcloth; sackcloth vestment, penitential...

Words derived from “sako”

  • ŝakisto
  • ŝakmajstro
Every word from Ancient Greek σάκκος →