Where does “aleto” come from?

aleto (Ido) comes from Ido alo, from French ailé, from Middle French aisle, from Old French aile, from Latin āla, from Latin axla, from Latin axis, from Proto-Italic aksis — to drive.

aleto (Ido): Diminutive of alo; small wing, fin

Definitions

  1. Diminutive of alo; small wing, fin

Ancestry of “aleto”, step by step

aleto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ido alo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Idoalowing
2Frenchailéwinged; winglike; past participle of ailer
3Middle Frenchaislewing
4Old Frenchailewing (anatomical structure of flying animals)
5Latinālaa wing appendage of an animal's body that enables it to fly
6Latinaxla
7LatinaxisAn axletree of wagon, car, chariot; The North...
8Proto-Italicaksis
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eḱs-axis, axle
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eǵ-to drive

via Esperanto alo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantoaloside of the nostril, ala of the nose; wing; wing,...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂eǵ-Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂eḱs-Every word from Proto-Italic aksis