Where does “tranĉileto” come from?
tranĉileto (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto tranĉilo, from Esperanto tranĉi, from French trancher, from Italian trinciare, from Spanish trinchar, from Old French trenchier, from Vulgar Latin trinicare, from Latin trini.
tranĉileto (Esperanto): penknife
Definitions
- penknife
Ancestry of “tranĉileto”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | tranĉilo | knife |
| 2 | Esperanto | tranĉi | to cut, slice |
| 3 | French | trancher | to slice, to cut into slices; to complete,... |
| 4 | Italian | trinciare | to blank, shear, or trench; to cut up, shred, or... |
| 5 | Spanish | trinchar | to carve |
| 6 | Old French | trenchier | to cut |
| 7 | Vulgar Latin | trinicare | cut into three parts; cut in three parts |
| 8 | Latin | trini | nominative masculine plural of trīnus; genitive... |
| 9 | Latin | tres | three; 3 |
| 10 | English | three | A numerical value after two and before four.... |
| 11 | Middle English | thre | three |
| 12 | Old English | þrī | three |
| 13 | Proto-West Germanic | þrīʀ | three |
| 14 | Proto-Germanic | þrīz | three |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | *tréyes | — |