Where does “ligilo” come from?

ligilo (Ido) comes from Esperanto ligilo, from Esperanto -ilo, from Proto-Germanic -ilaz, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

ligilo (Ido): link

Definitions

  1. link

Ancestry of “ligilo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantoligilolink
2Esperanto-iloan instrument, a tool for performing the action...
3Proto-Germanic-ilazagent suffix; diminutive suffix
4Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lós →Every word from Proto-Germanic -ilaz →Every word from Esperanto -ilo →