Where does “balno-kuvo” come from?

balno-kuvo (Ido) comes from Ido kuvo, from Esperanto kuvo, from French cuveau, from French -eau, from Middle French -eau, from Old French -el, from Latin -ellus, from Latin -ulus — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

balno-kuvo (Ido): bath tub

Definitions

  1. bath tub

Ancestry of “balno-kuvo”, step by step

balno-kuvo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ido kuvo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Idokuvotub
2Esperantokuvotub
3Frenchcuveautub
4French-eauforming diminutive masculine nouns, especially...
5Middle French-eauforms diminutives
6Old French-elSuffix that usually denotes a masculine noun
7Latin-ellusAlternative form of -ulus; "forming masculine...
8Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
9Proto-Italic-olos
10Proto-Italic-elosForms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns
11Proto-Indo-European-e-lós
12Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

via Ido balno

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Idobalnobath, bathing
2Idobalnarto bathe, bath; to moisten abundantly
3Late Latinbalneare
4Latinbalneumbath, bathing place, bathroom
5Ancient Greekβαλανεῖονbath, bathing room; bathhouse
6Ancient Greekβᾰλᾰνεύςbath-man
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lósEvery word from Latin -ulusEvery word from Latin -ellus