Where does “tenuigar” come from?
tenuigar (Ido) comes from Ido igar, from Ido -igar, from Esperanto -iĝi, from Italian -eggiare, from Latin -izāre, from Ancient Greek -ίζειν, from Ancient Greek -ίζω, from Proto-Hellenic -íďďō — he, she.
tenuigar (Ido): to attenuate
Definitions
- to attenuate
Ancestry of “tenuigar”, step by step
tenuigar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Ido igar
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ido | igar | to make, cause, render |
| 2 | Ido | -igar | to make, render or transform into; with an... |
| 3 | Esperanto | -iĝi | to become; to change in state; makes intransitive... |
| 4 | Italian | -eggiare | Used to form verbs from adjectives or nouns |
| 5 | Latin | -izāre | — |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -ίζειν | present active infinitive of -ίζω; -ize |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | -ίζω | Used to form verbs from nouns, adjectives and... |
| 8 | Proto-Hellenic | -íďďō | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -idyéti | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 12 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via Ido tenua
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ido | tenua | fine, thin, tenuous |
| 2 | English | tenuous | Thin in substance or consistency; Insubstantial |
| 3 | Latin | tenuitas | thinness, fineness; poverty; frugality |
| 4 | Latin | tenuis | thin, fine, slender; weak, watery; slight,... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ténh₂us | thin |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | tenh₂- | to stretch, to extend |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ten- | to stretch, to extend |