Where does “balayilo” come from?

balayilo (Ido) comes from Ido balayar, from French balayer, from French -er, from Middle French -er, from Old French -ier — suffix used to form infinitives of first...

balayilo (Ido): broom, broomstick, shaft with brush

Definitions

  1. broom, broomstick, shaft with brush

Ancestry of “balayilo”, step by step

balayilo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ido balayar

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Idobalayarto sweep
2Frenchbalayerto sweep; to sweep aside, brush aside; To drag on...
3French-erForms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs
4Middle French-erForms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs;...
5Old French-iersuffix used to form infinitives of first...

via Ido Ilo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1IdoIloIdo
Every word from Old French -ier