Etymology Explorer › Ido

Where does “fusilo” come from?

fusilo (Ido) comes from Esperanto fusilo, from English fusil, from French fusil, from Italian fucile, from Vulgar Latin focilis, from Latin focus — fireplace, hearth; firepan, coal pan, brazier;...

fusilo (Ido): musket, gun, rifle

Definitions

  1. musket, gun, rifle

Ancestry of “fusilo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantofusilorifle
2EnglishfusilA bearing of a rhomboidal figure, originally...
3Frenchfusilrifle, gun; steel to strike sparks from a flint
4Italianfucilegun, rifle
5Vulgar Latinfocilisof fire
6Latinfocusfireplace, hearth; firepan, coal pan, brazier;...

Words derived from “fusilo”

  • funelofusilo
Every word from Latin focus →