Where does “tekulero” come from?

tekulero (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto teo, from Italian tè, from French thé, from Dutch thee, from Malay teh, from Malay putih, from Classical Malay putih, from Proto-Malayic putih — white.

tekulero (Esperanto): teaspoon

Definitions

  1. teaspoon

Ancestry of “tekulero”, step by step

tekulero traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Esperanto teo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantoteotea
2Italiantètea
3Frenchthétea
4Dutchtheetea
5Malaytehtea
6Malayputihwhite
7Classical Malayputihwhite
8Proto-Malayicputihwhite
9Proto-Malayo-Polynesian(ma-)putiqwhite

via Esperanto kulero

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantokulerospoon; a fragment of a gnat
2Esperanto-eroDenotes a particle of something
3French-aire-ary; -aire
4Latin-āriuser
5Proto-Italic*-āziosForms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals)
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