Where does “samcentra” come from?
samcentra (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto sama, from English same, from Middle English same, from Old Norse samr, from Latin Samarītānus, from Ancient Greek Σαμαρίτης, from Ancient Greek -ῑ́της, from Biblical Hebrew אֶפְרָיִם.
samcentra (Esperanto): concentric
Definitions
- concentric
Ancestry of “samcentra”, step by step
samcentra traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Esperanto sama
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | sama | equal; same; alike; unvarying |
| 2 | English | same | Not different or other; not another or others;... |
| 3 | Middle English | same | — |
| 4 | Old Norse | samr | the same; agreeing, of one mind; same |
| 5 | Latin | Samarītānus | — |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | Σαμαρίτης | Samaritan |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | -ῑ́της | belonging to; member of; member of a group |
| 8 | Biblical Hebrew | אֶפְרָיִם | — |
via Esperanto centra
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | centra | In the middle; central, medial |
| 2 | Esperanto | -a | Related to, in the manner of, of; Belonging to,... |
| 3 | Italian | -a | Used, with a stem, to form the third-person... |
| 4 | Latin | -a | suffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -ā | Forms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂ | — |