Where does “talpo” come from?
talpo (Esperanto) comes from Catalan -ó, from Latin -ō, from Proto-Indo-European -ō — Derives nouns from roots.
talpo (Esperanto): mole; one who promotes Esperanto to the point of...
Definitions
- mole; one who promotes Esperanto to the point of...
Ancestry of “talpo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Catalan | -ó | Diminutive suffix |
| 2 | Latin | -ō | suffixed to nouns or adjectives. Originally a-stem nouns. Later extended to nouns with other stems. Forms regular first-conjugation verbs |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | -ō | Derives nouns from roots |