Where does “serĉafiŝo” come from?
serĉafiŝo (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto afiŝo, from French affiche, from French afficher, from Old French afichier, from Old French ficher, from Vulgar Latin ficcare, from Latin ficco, from Latin figico.
serĉafiŝo (Esperanto): a wanted poster
Ancestry of “serĉafiŝo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Esperanto | afiŝo | placard, poster, notice, sign; A message posted... |
| 2 | French | affiche | poster; placard; sign |
| 3 | French | afficher | to put up; to display; to show |
| 4 | Old French | afichier | to fasten; to affirm; to confirm |
| 5 | Old French | ficher | to fasten, fix, settle in |
| 6 | Vulgar Latin | ficcare | — |
| 7 | Latin | ficco | I fasten, put; I stay, become |
| 8 | Latin | figico | I fasten, put, become |
| 9 | Latin | -ico | forms regular first-conjugation verbs, sometimes... |
| 10 | Latin | -o | forms masculine agent nouns, positive and... |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | -ōd | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -éad | — |