Where does “kontrakteskar” come from?

kontrakteskar (Ido) comes from Ido -eskar, from Latin -ēscō, from Proto-Italic *-ēskō.

kontrakteskar (Ido): to shrink, withdraw, decrease, shorten

Definitions

  1. to shrink, withdraw, decrease, shorten

Ancestry of “kontrakteskar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ido-eskarbegin to, start; become, get
2Latin-ēscōAttaches to a stem (a noun or adjective) to form a verb meaning “to become [stem]” or similar
3Proto-Italic*-ēskō—
Every word from Proto-Italic *-ēskō →Every word from Latin -ēscō →Every word from Ido -eskar →
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