Where does “uzurpero” come from?
uzurpero (Ido) comes from Ido uzurpar, from Esperanto uzurpi, from English usurp, from French usurper, from German usurpieren, from Spanish usurpar, from Portuguese usurpar, from Italian usurpare — to rub, turn; to drill, pierce.
uzurpero (Ido): usurper
Definitions
- usurper
Ancestry of “uzurpero”, step by step
uzurpero traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Ido uzurpar
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ido | uzurpar | to usurp, infringe, encroach upon, occupy without... |
| 2 | Esperanto | uzurpi | to usurp |
| 3 | English | usurp | To seize power from another, usually by... |
| 4 | French | usurper | to usurp |
| 5 | German | usurpieren | to usurp |
| 6 | Spanish | usurpar | to usurp |
| 7 | Portuguese | usurpar | to usurp |
| 8 | Italian | usurpare | to usurp, to take over |
| 9 | Latin | ūsurpō | to use, take into use, make use of, employ, apply, practise, exercise, enjoy; perform, execute |
| 10 | Latin | ūsus | use, employment, exercise, advantage |
| 11 | Latin | ūtor | to use, make use of, employ |
| 12 | Proto-Slavic | *ǫtorъ | croze |
| 13 | Proto-Slavic | torъ | paddock, pen |
| 14 | Proto-Slavic | terti | to rub, to scrape; to polish |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | terh₁- | to rub, turn; to drill, pierce |
via Ido ero
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ido | ero | era |