Where does “tagmeze” come from?
tagmeze (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto meze, from Esperanto mezo, from Italian mezzo, from Latin medius, from Latin locus, from Old Latin stlocus, from Proto-Italic stlokos, from Proto-Indo-European stel- — to put, to place; to locate.
tagmeze (Esperanto): at midday/noon
Ancestry of “tagmeze”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | meze | in the middle of, amid |
| 2 | Esperanto | mezo | middle |
| 3 | Italian | mezzo | half, middle; means, method; vehicle |
| 4 | Latin | medius | middle; half; moderate |
| 5 | Latin | locus | place, spot; a passage of literature; "in the... |
| 6 | Old Latin | stlocus | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | stlokos | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | stel- | to put, to place; to locate |
Words derived from “tagmeze”