Where does “tineo” come from?
tineo (Esperanto) comes from Latin Tinea, from Proto-Indo-European teh₂w- — to melt.
tineo (Esperanto): moth
Ancestry of “tineo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | Tinea | — |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | teh₂w- | to melt |