Where does “visilo” come from?
visilo (Ido) comes from Ido visar, from French visser, from French servir, from German servieren, from Italian servire, from Spanish servir, from Latin serviō, from Latin servus — to flow; to guard; to bind, to tie together.
visilo (Ido): screwdriver
Ancestry of “visilo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Ido | visar | to screw in: turn in a screw |
| 2 | French | visser | to screw in; to screw on |
| 3 | French | servir | to serve; to be used for; to be useful for... |
| 4 | German | servieren | To serve ; to wait |
| 5 | Italian | servire | to serve; to need; to plate |
| 6 | Spanish | servir | to serve; to be of use, to be good for; to help... |
| 7 | Latin | serviō | — |
| 8 | Latin | servus | a servant; a serf; a slave |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | serwos | guardian |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ser-wo-s | guardian |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ser- | to flow; to guard; to bind, to tie together |