Where does “fratulo” come from?
fratulo (Ido) comes from Esperanto frata, from Esperanto -a, from Italian -a, from Latin -a, from Proto-Italic -ā, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂.
fratulo (Ido): brother
Definitions
- brother
Ancestry of “fratulo”, step by step
fratulo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Esperanto frata
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | frata | fraternal, brotherly |
| 2 | Esperanto | -a | Related to, in the manner of, of; Belonging to,... |
| 3 | Italian | -a | Used, with a stem, to form the third-person... |
| 4 | Latin | -a | suffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -ā | Forms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂ | — |