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Where does “spegulo” come from?

spegulo (Esperanto) comes from German spiegel, from Middle High German spiegel, from Old Saxon spiagal, from Proto-Germanic *spēgl, from Medieval Latin speglum, from Latin speculum, from Proto-Italic -klom, from Proto-Indo-European -tlom — Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...

spegulo (Esperanto): mirror, looking glass

Definitions

  1. mirror, looking glass

Ancestry of “spegulo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanspiegelinflection of spiegeln: ## first-person singular...
2Middle High Germanspiegelmirror
3Old Saxonspiagal—
4Proto-Germanic*spēgl—
5Medieval Latinspeglum—
6Latinspeculuma looking-glass, mirror
7Proto-Italic-klom—
8Proto-Indo-European-tlomAlternative form of *-trom
9Proto-Indo-European-tromForms nouns denoting a tool or instrument
10Proto-Indo-European-tḗrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...

Words derived from “spegulo”

  • spegulo
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