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Where does “sondilo” come from?

sondilo (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto -ilo, from Proto-Germanic -ilaz, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

sondilo (Esperanto): plummet, lead; depth finder; space probe

Definitions

  1. plummet, lead; depth finder; space probe

Ancestry of “sondilo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperanto-iloan instrument, a tool for performing the action...
2Proto-Germanic-ilazagent suffix; diminutive suffix
3Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots
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