abeleto

Esperanto

Etymology

Etymology tree
Latin apis
Proto-Indo-European *-lós
Proto-Italic *-elos
Latin -ulus
Latin -cula
Latin apiculader.
Middle French abeille
French abeillebor.
Esperanto abelo
Proto-Indo-European *-tós
Proto-Italic *-tosder.?
Late Latin -ittus
Old French -et
Middle French -et
French -etbor.
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Late Latin -ittus
Italian -ettobor.
Esperanto -et-
Esperanto abeleto

    From abelo +‎ -et-.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /abeˈleto/
    • Rhymes: -eto
    • Syllabification: a‧be‧le‧to

    Noun

    abeleto (accusative singular abeleton, plural abeletoj, accusative plural abeletojn)

    1. little bee
      1909 [1862], chapter XII, in Kazimierz Bein, transl., Patroj kaj filoj‎[1], translation of Fathers and Sons by Ivan Turgenev (in Russian):
      Tio estis maljunulo kun dolĉa rigardo, kun sulkigitaj lipoj, kiu ekstreme amis la naturon, precipe somere, kiam laŭ liaj vortoj: “Ĉiu abeleto prenas tributon de ĉiu floreto” ...
      That was an old person with a pleasant gaze, with wrinkled lips, who greatly loved nature, especially in summer, when in his words "every little bee takes tribute from every little flower" ...
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