Where does “shablono” come from?
shablono (Ido) comes from Esperanto ŝablono, from Polish szablon, from German Schablone, from Middle Low German schaplūn, from Middle Low German schampeliōn, from Middle Dutch schampelioen, from French échantillon, from Old French eschandillon — to jump up, ascend.
shablono (Ido): pattern (outline for making something), template
Definitions
- pattern (outline for making something), template
Ancestry of “shablono”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | ŝablono | template, pattern, stencil |
| 2 | Polish | szablon | template |
| 3 | German | Schablone | template, pattern |
| 4 | Middle Low German | schaplūn | — |
| 5 | Middle Low German | schampeliōn | — |
| 6 | Middle Dutch | schampelioen | — |
| 7 | French | échantillon | sample, extract |
| 8 | Old French | eschandillon | standard |
| 9 | Old French | eschandiller | to verify the measures of merchants |
| 10 | Latin | scandaculum | ladder |
| 11 | Latin | scandere | third-person plural perfect active indicative of... |
| 12 | Latin | scandō | to climb, ascend, mount |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | sḱend- | to jump up, ascend |