Where does “tegu” come from?

tegu (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto tegi, from Latin tegō, from Proto-Italic tegō, from Proto-Indo-European (s)teg- — to cover; pole, stick, beam.

tegu (Esperanto): imperative of tegi

Definitions

  1. imperative of tegi

Ancestry of “tegu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantotegito cover protectively (e.g. with cloth), to overlay
2Latintegōto cover; to clothe
3Proto-Italictegōcover
4Proto-Indo-European(s)teg-to cover; pole, stick, beam
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)teg- →Every word from Proto-Italic tegō →Every word from Latin tegō →
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