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Where does “smokingo” come from?

smokingo (Esperanto) comes from French smoking, from English smoking jacket — A men's jacket designed to be worn while smoking...

smokingo (Esperanto): tuxedo; dinner jacket

Definitions

  1. tuxedo; dinner jacket

Ancestry of “smokingo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchsmokingtuxedo, dinner jacket
2Englishsmoking jacketA men's jacket designed to be worn while smoking...
Every word from English smoking jacket →