Where does “korekta” come from?
korekta (Ido) comes from Esperanto korekta, from Esperanto -a, from Italian -a, from Latin -a, from Proto-Italic -ā, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂.
korekta (Ido): correct
Definitions
- correct
Ancestry of “korekta”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | korekta | corrective; correct |
| 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 | — |