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Where does “sendiulo” come from?

sendiulo (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto Dio, from Italian Dio, from Latin Deus, from Latin dẹ̄vos, from Old Latin deivos, from Proto-Italic deiwos, from Proto-Indo-European deywós, from Proto-Indo-European dyew- — to be bright; sky, heaven.

sendiulo (Esperanto): a godless person, an atheist

Definitions

  1. a godless person, an atheist

Ancestry of “sendiulo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EsperantoDioGod
2ItalianDioGod
3LatinDeusGod
4Latindẹ̄vos—
5Old Latindeivosgod, deity
6Proto-Italicdeiwosgod, deity
7Proto-Indo-Europeandeywósgod
8Proto-Indo-Europeandyew-to be bright; sky, heaven
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