Where does “deskurajigar” come from?
deskurajigar (Ido) comes from Ido kurajigar, from Ido kurajar, from Ido kurajo, from Esperanto kuraĝo, from Esperanto kuraĝa, from French courageux, from Italian coraggioso, from English courageous — to rub, turn; to drill, pierce.
deskurajigar (Ido): to discourage
Definitions
- to discourage
Ancestry of “deskurajigar”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ido | kurajigar | to give courage to, encourage, elevate, urge,... |
| 2 | Ido | kurajar | to be courageous; to have the courage for |
| 3 | Ido | kurajo | courage, heart |
| 4 | Esperanto | kuraĝo | courage, bravery, boldness |
| 5 | Esperanto | kuraĝa | brave, courageous |
| 6 | French | courageux | courageous, brave, daring |
| 7 | Italian | coraggioso | brave, courageous, daring, doughty |
| 8 | English | courageous | Of a person, displaying or possessing courage; Of... |
| 9 | Middle English | corajous | — |
| 10 | Old French | corageus | brave; valiant |
| 11 | Old French | us | tradition or custom |
| 12 | Latin | ūsus | use, employment, exercise, advantage |
| 13 | Latin | ūtor | to use, make use of, employ |
| 14 | Proto-Slavic | *ǫtorъ | croze |
| 15 | Proto-Slavic | torъ | paddock, pen |
| 16 | Proto-Slavic | terti | to rub, to scrape; to polish |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | terh₁- | to rub, turn; to drill, pierce |