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Where does “stultaĵo” come from?

stultaĵo (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto stulta, from Latin stultus, from Proto-Indo-European ster- — sterile, infertile.

stultaĵo (Esperanto): stupid action; stupidity; nonsensical thing; ...

Definitions

  1. stupid action; stupidity; nonsensical thing; ...

Ancestry of “stultaĵo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantostultastupid; foolish
2Latinstultusfoolish, fatuous, stupid, ill-considered
3Proto-Indo-Europeanster-sterile, infertile
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