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
Ancestry of “uzurpero”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 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 | — |
| 10 | Latin | ūsus | — |
| 11 | Latin | ūtor | — |
| 12 | Proto-Slavic | *ǫtorъ | — |
| 13 | Proto-Slavic | torъ | — |
| 14 | Proto-Slavic | terti | to rub, to scrape; to polish |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | terh₁- | to rub, turn; to drill, pierce |