Where does “pasamano” come from?
pasamano (Ido) comes from Spanish pasamano, from Spanish mano, from Spanish hermano, from Old Spanish ermano, from Vulgar Latin germanus, from Latin Germānus, from Latin germen, from Proto-Italic genamen — to produce, to beget, to give birth.
pasamano (Ido): handrail, railing
Definitions
- handrail, railing
Ancestry of “pasamano”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | pasamano | handrail |
| 2 | Spanish | mano | hand; front foot; round; hand |
| 3 | Spanish | hermano | brother; sibling; bro |
| 4 | Old Spanish | ermano | brother |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | germanus | brother; of brothers or sisters; full, own |
| 6 | Latin | Germānus | — |
| 7 | Latin | germen | shoot, sprout, bud; germ, seed, origin; embryo,... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | genamen | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵénh₁mn̥ | offspring, seed |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵenh₁- | to produce, to beget, to give birth |