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Where does “svarmo” come from?

svarmo (Esperanto) comes from English swarm, from Middle English swarm, from Old English swearm, from Proto-Germanic swarmaz, from Proto-Indo-European swēr- — heavy.

svarmo (Esperanto): swarm, horde, mass, multitude

Definitions

  1. swarm, horde, mass, multitude

Ancestry of “svarmo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishswarmA large number of insects, especially when in...
2Middle EnglishswarmA swarm; A large group of people
3Old Englishswearmswarm
4Proto-Germanicswarmazswarm; dizziness
5Proto-Indo-Europeanswēr-heavy

Words derived from “svarmo”

  • svarmi
  • fiŝsvarmo
  • svarma
  • abelsvarmo
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