Where does “vidpunkto” come from?
vidpunkto (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto vido, from Esperanto vidi, from French voir, from Middle French veoir, from Old French vëoir, from Old French vedeir, from Latin videō, from Proto-Italic widēō — to see.
vidpunkto (Esperanto): vantage point
Definitions
- vantage point
Ancestry of “vidpunkto”, step by step
vidpunkto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Esperanto vido
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | vido | vision, sight; view, viewpoint |
| 2 | Esperanto | vidi | to see |
| 3 | French | voir | to see; please |
| 4 | Middle French | veoir | to see |
| 5 | Old French | vëoir | Alternative form of veoir; to see |
| 6 | Old French | vedeir | Alternative form of veoir |
| 7 | Latin | videō | to see, perceive; look (at) |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | widēō | see |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | weyd- | to see |
via Esperanto punkto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | punkto | point |
| 2 | Russian | пункт | point; point, station |
| 3 | Polish | punkt | dot; point; spot |
| 4 | Latin | pūnctum | point |
| 5 | Latin | punctus | pricked, punctured, pierced, having been pricked;... |
| 6 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |