Where does “vorto-speco” come from?
vorto-speco (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto vorto, from English Word, from English worth, from Middle English worth, from Old English weorþ, from Proto-Germanic werþaz, from Proto-Indo-European wert-, from Proto-Indo-European wer- — to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel.
vorto-speco (Esperanto): part of speech
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- part of speech
Ancestry of “vorto-speco”, step by step
vorto-speco traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Esperanto vorto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | vorto | word; promise, word |
| 2 | English | Word | Scripture; The Bible; The creative word of God;... |
| 3 | English | worth | Having a value of; proper to be exchanged for;... |
| 4 | Middle English | worth | to become |
| 5 | Old English | weorþ | worth, deserving; honoured, esteemed; worth,... |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | werþaz | worthy, valuable |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | wert- | to turn, to rotate |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | wer- | to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel |
via Esperanto speco
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | speco | type; kind; sort |
| 2 | French | espèce | type, sort, kind; species; cash, specie, coin |
| 3 | Latin | speciēs | seeing, view, look |
| 4 | Latin | speciō | to observe, watch, look at |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | spekjō | to observe, to see |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | spéḱyeti | to be looking at, to keep looking at |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | speḱ- | to see, to look, to observe |