Where does “tegar” come from?
tegar (Ido) comes from Esperanto tegi, from Latin tegō, from Proto-Italic tegō, from Proto-Indo-European (s)teg- — to cover; pole, stick, beam.
tegar (Ido): to cover; to caparison
Ancestry of “tegar”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | tegi | to cover protectively , to overlay |
| 2 | Latin | tegō | — |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | tegō | cover |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)teg- | to cover; pole, stick, beam |