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Where does “trezoro” come from?

trezoro (Esperanto) comes from French trésor, from Middle French thresor, from Old French tresor, from Latin thēsaurus, from Ancient Greek θησαυρός, from Ancient Greek τίθημι, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- — to do, put, place.

trezoro (Esperanto): treasure

Definitions

  1. treasure

Ancestry of “trezoro”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchtrésortreasure; treasury
2Middle Frenchthresor—
3Old Frenchtresortreasure
4Latinthēsaurus—
5Ancient Greekθησαυρόςtreasure; vault, repository, chest
6Ancient GreekτίθημιI put, place, set; I make, cause to be; I make
7Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁-to do, put, place
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