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Where does “vespero” come from?

vespero (Esperanto) comes from Latin vesper, from Proto-Italic *wesperos, from Proto-Indo-European wek(ʷ)speros, from Proto-Indo-European we-.

vespero (Esperanto): evening

Definitions

  1. evening

Ancestry of “vespero”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinvesperthe evening or vespers; supper, dinner; the...
2Proto-Italic*wesperos—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwek(ʷ)sperosevening
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwe-—

Words derived from “vespero”

  • vespermanĝo
  • vespermanĝi
  • vesperi
  • vesperstelo
  • vesperfesto
  • vespero
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