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Where does “vorto” come from?

vorto (Ido) comes from Esperanto vorto, from English Word, from English worth, from English worthwhile, from English while, from Middle English whyle, from Old English hwīl, from Proto-West Germanic hwīlu — to rest; rest, peace.

vorto (Ido): word

Definitions

  1. word

Ancestry of “vorto”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantovortoword; promise, word
2EnglishWordScripture; The Bible; The creative word of God;...
3EnglishworthHaving a value of; proper to be exchanged for;...
4EnglishworthwhileGood and important enough to spend time, effort,...
5EnglishwhileAn uncertain duration of time, a period of time;...
6Middle Englishwhyle—
7Old Englishhwīltime; while; while; time, while
8Proto-West Germanichwīluperiod of rest, pause; time, period of time,...
9Proto-Germanichwīlōtime, period of time, while; period of rest,...
10Proto-Indo-Europeankʷyeh₁-to rest; rest, peace

Words derived from “vorto”

  • vortala
  • vortoludo
  • pasovorto
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷyeh₁- →