Where does “poniardagar” come from?
poniardagar (Ido) comes from Ido agar, from Esperanto aĝi, from Esperanto aĝo, from French âge, from Middle French âge, from Old French aige, from Old French edage, from Old French aage — vital force, life, age, eternity; day, morning.
poniardagar (Ido): to poniard, stab someone with a dagger
Definitions
- to poniard, stab someone with a dagger
Ancestry of “poniardagar”, step by step
poniardagar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Ido agar
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ido | agar | to do, act |
| 2 | Esperanto | aĝi | to have a certain age |
| 3 | Esperanto | aĝo | age |
| 4 | French | âge | age |
| 5 | Middle French | âge | — |
| 6 | Old French | aige | Alternative form of aage |
| 7 | Old French | edage | Alternative form of aage |
| 8 | Old French | aage | age |
| 9 | Vulgar Latin | aetaticum | age |
| 10 | Latin | aetās | the period of a life: lifetime, lifespan |
| 11 | Latin | aevitās | — |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | aiwotāts | age |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eyu- | vitality; eternal; vital force, life, long life,... |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ey- | vital force, life, age, eternity; day, morning |
via Ido poniardo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ido | poniardo | dagger, poniard |
| 2 | English | poniard | A dagger typically having a slender square or... |
| 3 | Middle French | poignard | — |
| 4 | French | poing | fist |
| 5 | Middle French | poing | fist |
| 6 | Old French | poing | hand |
| 7 | Latin | pūgnus | a fist; a hand with all fingers curled up |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | pugnos | fist |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | puǵnos | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pewǵ- | to punch, fist-fight; to prick, poke, stab |