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Where does “senkiale” come from?

senkiale (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto senkiala, from Esperanto kialo, from Esperanto kial, from Esperanto ki-, from French qui, from Middle French qui, from Old French qui, from Latin quī.

senkiale (Esperanto): pointlessly

Definitions

  1. pointlessly

Ancestry of “senkiale”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantosenkialapointless, without reason
2Esperantokialoreason
3Esperantokialwhy
4Esperantoki-wh-, what
5Frenchquiwho, whom; who, whom , which, that; if
6Middle Frenchquiwho; which
7Old Frenchquiwho
8Latinquī—
9Latin-cumqueUsed to derive indefinite adjectives, adverbs and...
10Latincumquehowever, whenever, howsoever, whensoever
11Latincumwith, along with; at; -fold
12Old LatincomAlternative form of cum
13Proto-Italickomwith, along, at
14Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómbeside, near, by, with
15Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
16Middle Englishkyt—
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