Where does “sindevigo” come from?
sindevigo (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto devigo, from Esperanto devi, from French devoir, from Italian dovere, from Spanish deber, from Old Spanish dever, from Latin dēbeō, from Latin dē- — afterwards, post; by, at.
sindevigo (Esperanto): self-discipline
Definitions
- self-discipline
Ancestry of “sindevigo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | devigo | coercion, compulsion |
| 2 | Esperanto | devi | ought; should; must |
| 3 | French | devoir | duty; exercise, assignment; must, to have to,... |
| 4 | Italian | dovere | to owe; to have to do something; duty |
| 5 | Spanish | deber | obligation, duty; debt; should, ought |
| 6 | Old Spanish | dever | — |
| 7 | Latin | dēbeō | to owe something, to be under obligation to and for something |
| 8 | Latin | dē- | of; from |
| 9 | Latin | dē | of; concerning; about |
| 10 | Latin | post | behind; after, since, besides, except; behind,... |
| 11 | Latin | poste | ablative singular of postis |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | posti | behind, after |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | pósti | after |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | pós | afterwards, post; by, at |