"fosilo" meaning in Esperanto

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Noun

IPA: /foˈsilo/ Forms: fosilon [accusative, singular], fosiloj [plural], fosilojn [accusative, plural]
Rhymes: -ilo Etymology: Etymology tree Esperanto fosi Proto-Indo-European *-trom Proto-Slavic *-dloder. Proto-Indo-European *-lósder.? Proto-Indo-European *-tromder.? Proto-Germanic *-ilazder. Esperanto -ilo Esperanto fosilo From fosi + -ilo. Etymology templates: {{ety|eo|:af|fosi|-ilo|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Esperanto fosi Proto-Indo-European *-trom Proto-Slavic *-dloder. Proto-Indo-European *-lósder.? Proto-Indo-European *-tromder.? Proto-Germanic *-ilazder. Esperanto -ilo Esperanto fosilo [Appendix:Glossary#derived_terms|Derived]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "tool noun", "children" : [ ], "status" : "missing", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-trom", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Slavic", "term" : "*-dlo", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "sla-pro" }, { "id" : "agent noun", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "is_uncertain" : true, "id" : "agent nouns", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-lós", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" }, { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "is_uncertain" : true, "id" : "tool noun", "children" : [ ], "status" : "missing", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-trom", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*-ilaz", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Esperanto", "term" : "-ilo", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "eo" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Esperanto", "term" : "fosilo", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "eo" }" data-lang="eo" data-title="fosilo"> From fosi + -ilo. Head templates: {{eo-head}} fosilo (accusative singular fosilon, plural fosiloj, accusative plural fosilojn)
  1. shovel Synonyms: ŝovelilo

Inflected forms

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          "text": "Per hakilo ni hakas, per segilo ni segas, per fosilo ni fosas, per kudrilo ni kudras, per tondilo ni tondas, per sonorilo ni sonorigas, per fajfilo ni fajfas.",
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