Where does “tigo” come from?

tigo (Esperanto) comes from French tige, from Old French tige, from Latin tibia — the large shin bone, tibia; leg; a pipe, flute.

tigo (Esperanto): haulm, stalk, stem

Definitions

  1. haulm, stalk, stem

Ancestry of “tigo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchtigestem; sapling; shank
2Old Frenchtige—
3Latintibiathe large shin bone, tibia; leg; a pipe, flute
Every word from Latin tibia →Every word from Old French tige →Every word from French tige →