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Where does “strangulo” come from?

strangulo (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto stranga, from English strange, from Latin extrāneus, from Latin -āneus, from Latin -eus, from Proto-Italic *-eos.

strangulo (Esperanto): A strange, odd, or eccentric person; a crackpot,...

Definitions

  1. A strange, odd, or eccentric person; a crackpot,...

Ancestry of “strangulo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantostrangastrange, odd, peculiar
2EnglishstrangeNot normal; odd, unusual, surprising, out of the...
3Latinextrāneus—
4Latin-āneus—
5Latin-eusargentum + API → argenteus; ferrum + API →...
6Proto-Italic*-eos—
Every word from Proto-Italic *-eos →