Where does “protekto” come from?
protekto (Ido) comes from Ido protektar, from Esperanto protekti, from English protect, from French protection, from Italian protezione, from Spanish protección, from Late Latin protectio, from Latin prōtēctus — passed , crossed.
protekto (Ido): protection
Definitions
- protection
Ancestry of “protekto”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ido | protektar | to protect |
| 2 | Esperanto | protekti | to protect |
| 3 | English | protect | To keep safe; to defend; to guard; to prevent... |
| 4 | French | protection | protection |
| 5 | Italian | protezione | protection |
| 6 | Spanish | protección | protection |
| 7 | Late Latin | protectio | a covering over; protection; shelter |
| 8 | Latin | prōtēctus | covered |
| 9 | Latin | protegere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 10 | Latin | prō- | forward direction, forward movement |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | *pro- | pro- see the Latin entry for further meanings |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | pro- | toward, forward |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | por- | to give birth; forward, through; going, passage |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |