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
Definitions
- screwdriver
Ancestry of “visilo”, step by step
visilo traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Ido visar
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 (food); to wait (at table) |
| 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 | to be a slave to; to serve |
| 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 |
via Esperanto viŝi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | viŝi | to wipe |
| 2 | German | wischen | to wipe; to sweep |
| 3 | Middle High German | wischen | — |
| 4 | Old High German | wisken | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | wiskijaną | to sweep; to sweep away, to clean; to erase |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | wiskaz | bundle of hay/straw, wisp |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | weys- | to raise, increase; to produce, procreate |
via Spanish becerro
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | becerro | calf, young cow, bull calf; calfskin |
| 2 | Old Spanish | bezerro | calf |
| 3 | Latin | becerrus | — |
| 4 | Iberian | ribiccu | — |
| 5 | Iberian | (i)bicirru | chamois |