Where does “tualeto” come from?
tualeto (Esperanto) comes from Polish toaleta, from French toilette, from French Toile, from Old French toile, from Old French teile, from Latin tēla, from Old Dutch tegela, from Proto-Germanic *tigulā — to cover; pole, stick, beam.
tualeto (Esperanto): personal grooming; washing, dressing etc., one's...
Definitions
- personal grooming; washing, dressing etc., one's...
Ancestry of “tualeto”, step by step
tualeto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Polish toaleta
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Polish | toaleta | toilet, lavatory, loo; toilette |
| 2 | French | toilette | toilet; the toilet, lavatory |
| 3 | French | Toile | Web; World Wide Web |
| 4 | Old French | toile | fabric; web |
| 5 | Old French | teile | Alternative form of toile |
| 6 | Latin | tēla | web |
| 7 | Old Dutch | tegela | — |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | *tigulā | — |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | tigulǭ | tile; brick |
| 10 | Latin | tēgula | a large, flat and heavy roof tile used in an overlapping formation with the curved and smaller imbrex |
| 11 | Latin | tegō | to cover; to clothe |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | tegō | cover |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)teg- | to cover; pole, stick, beam |