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Where does “esamifar” come from?

esamifar (Ido) comes from Ido esamo, from Italian sciame, from Latin examen, from Latin exagmen, from Latin agō, from Proto-Italic agō, from Proto-Indo-European h₂éǵeti, from Proto-Indo-European h₂eǵ- — to drive.

esamifar (Ido): to swarm: collect in a swarm

Definitions

  1. to swarm: collect in a swarm

Ancestry of “esamifar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Idoesamoswarm
2Italiansciameswarm; crowd
3Latinexamenswarm of bees; crowd; tongue of a balance; a...
4Latinexagmen—
5Latinagō—
6Proto-Italicagōdrive; push, impel; do, act
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂éǵetito be driving
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eǵ-to drive
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