Where does “kamionisto” come from?

kamionisto (Ido) comes from Esperanto kamiono, from Italian camion, from French camion, from French chemin, from Middle French chemin, from Old French chemin, from Latin cammīnus, from Gaulish unknown — chaffinch.

kamionisto (Ido): truck driver, trucker, lorry driver, truckie

Definitions

  1. truck driver, trucker, lorry driver, truckie

Ancestry of “kamionisto”, step by step

kamionisto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Esperanto kamiono

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantokamionotruck
2Italiancamionlorry British, truck US
3Frenchcamionlorry (UK); truck (US)
4Frenchcheminpath, way; road
5Middle Frenchcheminpath; way
6Old Frenchcheminroute; way
7Latincammīnusway
8Gaulishunknown
9Proto-Indo-European(s)pingoschaffinch

via Ido kamiono

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Idokamionodray, truck, lorry
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)pingosEvery word from Gaulish unknownEvery word from Latin cammīnus