Where does “litotableto” come from?
litotableto (Ido) comes from Ido tableto, from Ido tablo, from Esperanto tablo, from English table, from Middle English table, from Old French table, from Latin tabula, from Proto-Italic *taðlā — board.
litotableto (Ido): bedside table, nightstand
Definitions
- bedside table, nightstand
Ancestry of “litotableto”, step by step
litotableto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Ido tableto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ido | tableto | small table, occasional table |
| 2 | Ido | tablo | table |
| 3 | Esperanto | tablo | table |
| 4 | English | table | Furniture with a top surface to accommodate a... |
| 5 | Middle English | table | A table; A level writing surface; Any level... |
| 6 | Old French | table | table |
| 7 | Latin | tabula | tablet, sometimes a tablet covered with wax for... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | *taðlā | board |
via Ido lito
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ido | lito | bed |
| 2 | Latin | lēctus | chosen; picked; having been selected |
| 3 | Latin | legō | to collect, gather, bring together, catch |
| 4 | Latin | lēx | a proposition or motion for a law made to the people by a magistrate, a bill |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | lēg- | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ-s | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |