Where does “tajo” come from?

tajo (Esperanto) comes from Spanish Tajo, from Spanish tajar, from Late Latin talio, from Latin talea, from Proto-Indo-European teh₂l- — to grow; young animal.

tajo (Esperanto): Thai person

Definitions

  1. Thai person

Ancestry of “tajo”, step by step

tajo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Spanish Tajo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1SpanishTajoTagus
2Spanishtajarto cut; to slice, to chop
3Late Latintalioa punishment equal to the injury sustained;...
4LatintaleaA long or slender piece of wood or metal; rod,...
5Proto-Indo-Europeanteh₂l-to grow; young animal

via Portuguese Tejo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PortugueseTejoTagus
2Old PortugueseTejo—
3LatinTagus—

Words derived from “tajo”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European teh₂l- →Every word from Latin talea →Every word from Late Latin talio →