Where does “tutlegi” come from?
tutlegi (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto tuta, from French tout, from Middle French tout, from Old French tôt, from Vulgar Latin tōttus, from Latin tōtus, from Latin tot, from Proto-Indo-European toti — this; that.
tutlegi (Esperanto): to read from cover to cover; to read in its entirety
Definitions
- to read from cover to cover; to read in its entirety
Ancestry of “tutlegi”, step by step
tutlegi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Esperanto tuta
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | tuta | whole, entire |
| 2 | French | tout | whole, entirety, total; all; everything |
| 3 | Middle French | tout | all; all of; all; completely; totally; entirely |
| 4 | Old French | tôt | all |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | tōttus | — |
| 6 | Latin | tōtus | whole, all, entire, total, complete, every part |
| 7 | Latin | tot | so many |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | toti | so many |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | só | this; that |
via Esperanto legi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | legi | to read |
| 2 | Latin | legō | to collect, gather, bring together, catch |
| 3 | Latin | lēx | a proposition or motion for a law made to the people by a magistrate, a bill |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | lēg- | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ-s | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |