Where does “salutkarto” come from?
salutkarto (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto karto, from English card, from Middle English carde, from Old French carte, from Latin charta, from French cartel, from Italian cartello, from Italian carta — to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines.
salutkarto (Esperanto): greeting card
Definitions
- greeting card
Ancestry of “salutkarto”, step by step
salutkarto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Esperanto karto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | karto | card |
| 2 | English | card | A playing card; Any game using playing cards; a... |
| 3 | Middle English | carde | playing card |
| 4 | Old French | carte | Alternative form of chartre |
| 5 | Latin | charta | papyrus, paper; poem, a writing; map |
| 6 | French | cartel | a cartel |
| 7 | Italian | cartello | sign, notice, placard, signboard; signpost, road... |
| 8 | Italian | carta | paper; map; menu |
| 9 | Latin | carta | papyrus; letter etc |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | χάρτης | sheet of paper, paper; book |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | χαράσσω | to sharpen; to engrave, carve, write, draw, stamp |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰer- | to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines |
via Esperanto saluti
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | saluti | to greet; to log in |
| 2 | Latin | salūtō | to preserve, keep safe |
| 3 | Latin | -ō | suffixed to nouns or adjectives. Originally a-stem nouns. Later extended to nouns with other stems. Forms regular first-conjugation verbs |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -ō | Derives nouns from roots |