Where does “vaporgladilo” come from?

vaporgladilo (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto vaporo, from Italian vapore, from French vapeur, from French bateau à vapeur — steamboat.

vaporgladilo (Esperanto): steam iron

Definitions

  1. steam iron

Ancestry of “vaporgladilo”, step by step

vaporgladilo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Esperanto vaporo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantovaporosteam, vapour
2Italianvaporesteam; vapour especially water vapour
3Frenchvapeursteam; vapour; steamship
4Frenchbateau à vapeursteamboat

via Esperanto gladilo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantogladiloiron
2Esperanto-iloan instrument, a tool for performing the action...
3Proto-Germanic-ilazagent suffix; diminutive suffix
4Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots
Every word from French bateau à vapeur →Every word from French vapeur →Every word from Italian vapore →