Where does “mondolinguo” come from?
mondolinguo (Ido) comes from Ido linguo, from Esperanto lingvo, from Latin lingua, from Latin -ula, from Proto-Indo-European -tlom, from Proto-Indo-European -trom, from Proto-Indo-European -tḗr — Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
mondolinguo (Ido): world language
Definitions
- world language
Ancestry of “mondolinguo”, step by step
mondolinguo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Ido linguo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ido | linguo | language |
| 2 | Esperanto | lingvo | language |
| 3 | Latin | lingua | tongue; a speech; an utterance or expression |
| 4 | Latin | -ula | regō + API → rēgula; tegō + API → tēgula;... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -tlom | Alternative form of *-trom |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -trom | Forms nouns denoting a tool or instrument |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tḗr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
via Ido mondo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ido | mondo | world; people; society; kingdom |