Where does “instruktar” come from?
instruktar (Ido) comes from Esperanto instrui, from German instruieren, from German -ieren, from French -er, from English -er, from Middle English -er, from Old French -er, from Latin -āre — he, she.
instruktar (Ido): to teach, instruct
Definitions
- to teach, instruct
Ancestry of “instruktar”, step by step
instruktar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Esperanto instrui
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | instrui | to inform, instruct, teach, train |
| 2 | German | instruieren | to instruct |
| 3 | German | -ieren | Verb suffix: it and its inflected forms are found... |
| 4 | French | -er | Forms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs |
| 5 | English | -er | A person or thing that does an action indicated... |
| 6 | Middle English | -er | agentive suffix; agent noun suffix |
| 7 | Old French | -er | Alternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;... |
| 8 | Latin | -āre | first conjugation |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 13 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via Spanish instruir
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | instruir | to instruct; to inform; to educate, school |