mezlernejo

Esperanto

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *me
Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-?
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰe
Proto-Indo-European *médʰi
Proto-Indo-European *-os
Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos
Proto-Italic *meðjos
Latin medius
Italian mezzoder.
Esperanto mezo
Esperanto -a
Esperanto meza
Proto-Indo-European *leys-
Proto-Indo-European *(le-)lóys-e
Proto-Germanic *lizanąder.
Proto-West Germanic *liʀnōn
Proto-West Germanic *liʀnēn
Old High German lernēn
Middle High German lernen
German lernender.
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Proto-West Germanic *liʀnōn
Old English leornian
Middle English lernen
English learnder.
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Middle High German lernen
Yiddish לערנען (lernen)der.
Esperanto lerni
Proto-Indo-European *-yós
Proto-Italic *-ios
Old Latin -ios
Latin -ius
Latin -ia
Old French -iebor.
Middle High German -īe
German -eibor.
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Ancient Greek -ῐος (-ĭos)?
Ancient Greek -ῐον (-ĭon)
Ancient Greek -εῖον (-eîon)lbor.
Greek -είο (-eío)bor.
Esperanto -ejo
Esperanto lernejo
Esperanto mezlernejo

    From meza (“middle”) +‎ lernejo (“school”), from lerni (“to learn”) +‎ -ejo (“place”).

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /mezlerˈnejo/
    • Rhymes: -ejo
    • Syllabification: me‧zler‧ne‧jo
    • Hyphenation: mez‧lern‧ejo

    Noun

    mezlernejo (accusative singular mezlernejon, plural mezlernejoj, accusative plural mezlernejojn)

    1. secondary school, (US) high school
      Synonyms: gimnazio, liceo
      Hypernym: lernejo
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