Where does “silueto” come from?

silueto (Esperanto) comes from French Silhouette, from Basque Ziloeta, from Basque zulo, from Proto-Basque *zuLo — hole.

silueto (Esperanto): silhouette dark shape and outline of something visible against a lighter background

Definitions

  1. silhouette dark shape and outline of something visible against a lighter background

Ancestry of “silueto”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FrenchSilhouettesilhouette
2BasqueZiloeta—
3Basquezulohole; pit; den, hiding place
4Proto-Basque*zuLohole

Words derived from “silueto”

Every word from Proto-Basque *zuLo →Every word from Basque zulo →Every word from Basque Ziloeta →