Where does “fenco” come from?
fenco (Ido) comes from English fence, from Middle English fence, from Middle English defence, from Old French defens, from Late Latin defensa, from Latin defensus, from Latin dēfendō, from Latin dē- — afterwards, post; by, at.
fenco (Ido): fence
Definitions
- fence
Ancestry of “fenco”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | fence | A thin artificial barrier that separates two... |
| 2 | Middle English | fence | — |
| 3 | Middle English | defence | — |
| 4 | Old French | defens | — |
| 5 | Late Latin | defensa | protection; bounded, defended; defence |
| 6 | Latin | defensus | driven away, having been driven away; defended,... |
| 7 | Latin | dēfendō | to drive away |
| 8 | Latin | dē- | of; from |
| 9 | Latin | dē | of; concerning; about |
| 10 | Latin | post | behind; after, since, besides, except; behind,... |
| 11 | Latin | poste | ablative singular of postis |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | posti | behind, after |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | pósti | after |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | pós | afterwards, post; by, at |