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