Where does “peninsulo” come from?
peninsulo (Ido) comes from English peninsula, from Latin paenīnsula, from Latin paene, from Proto-Indo-European peh₁- — to hate, hurt.
peninsulo (Ido): peninsula
Definitions
- peninsula
Ancestry of “peninsulo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | peninsula | A piece of land projecting into water from a... |
| 2 | Latin | paenīnsula | peninsula |
| 3 | Latin | paene | almost, nearly; scarcely, hardly, barely |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | peh₁- | to hate, hurt |