Where does “flava” come from?
flava (Ido) comes from Esperanto flava, from Latin flāvus, from Latin palpus, from Latin -us, from Old Latin -os, from Proto-Italic -os, from Proto-Indo-European -ós — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...
flava (Ido): yellow
Definitions
- yellow
Ancestry of “flava”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | flava | yellow yellow colour |
| 2 | Latin | flāvus | light(-haired), blond |
| 3 | Latin | palpus | palm of the hand; feeler |
| 4 | Latin | -us | suffix forming adjectives from nouns, verbs,... |
| 5 | Old Latin | -os | accusative masculine plural of -us |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -os | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -ós | Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting... |