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Where does “subtilajo” come from?

subtilajo (Ido) comes from Ido subtila, from Esperanto subtila, from Latin subtīlis, from Latin tēla, from Old Dutch tegela, from Proto-Germanic *tigulā, from Proto-Germanic tigulǭ, from Latin tēgula — to cover; pole, stick, beam.

subtilajo (Ido): subtlety, subtle thing

Definitions

  1. subtlety, subtle thing

Ancestry of “subtilajo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Idosubtilasubtle, discreet
2Esperantosubtilasubtle; fine
3Latinsubtīlis—
4Latintēla—
5Old Dutchtegela—
6Proto-Germanic*tigulā—
7Proto-Germanictigulǭtile; brick
8Latintēgula—
9Latintegō—
10Proto-Italictegōcover
11Proto-Indo-European(s)teg-to cover; pole, stick, beam
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