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Where does “tombejo” come from?

tombejo (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto tombo, from English tomb, from French tombé, from Italian tomba, from Spanish tumba, from Latin tumba, from Ancient Greek τύμβος, from Proto-Indo-European tūm- — to swell; to crowd; to be strong.

tombejo (Esperanto): graveyard, cemetery, churchyard

Definitions

  1. graveyard, cemetery, churchyard

Ancestry of “tombejo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantotombotomb, grave, sepulchre
2EnglishtombA small building for the remains of the dead,...
3Frenchtombépast participle of tomber
4Italiantombatomb, grave; A very narrow and gloomy habitation...
5Spanishtumbagrave, tomb
6Latintumbatomb
7Ancient Greekτύμβοςfuneral mound, tomb, grave
8Proto-Indo-Europeantūm-to grow; to swell, to increase; to swell, be...
9Proto-Indo-Europeantewh₂-to swell; to crowd; to be strong

Words derived from “tombejo”

  • amastombejo
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