Where does “trouzi” come from?
trouzi (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto uzi, from English use, from Middle English use, from Old French us, from Latin ūsus, from Latin ūtor, from Proto-Slavic *ǫtorъ, from Proto-Slavic torъ — to rub, turn; to drill, pierce.
trouzi (Esperanto): to abuse, to overuse
Definitions
- to abuse, to overuse
Ancestry of “trouzi”, step by step
trouzi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Esperanto uzi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | uzi | to use |
| 2 | English | use | The act of using; The act of consuming alcohol or... |
| 3 | Middle English | use | — |
| 4 | Old French | us | tradition or custom |
| 5 | Latin | ūsus | use, employment, exercise, advantage |
| 6 | Latin | ūtor | to use, make use of, employ |
| 7 | Proto-Slavic | *ǫtorъ | croze |
| 8 | Proto-Slavic | torъ | paddock, pen |
| 9 | Proto-Slavic | terti | to rub, to scrape; to polish |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | terh₁- | to rub, turn; to drill, pierce |
via Esperanto tro
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | tro | too much |
| 2 | French | trop | too; too much; very, really, so |
| 3 | Middle French | trop | too; too much |
| 4 | Old French | trop | excessively; too; enough; sufficiently |
| 5 | Medieval Latin | troppus | flock; herd, flock |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | þurpą | village, rural settlement; gathering of people;... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | treb- | settlement, dwelling; to build, dwell |