Etymology

Ido

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Today it means: A constructed language; a reform of Esperanto and Idiom Neutral. Full definition →

Ido Ido ← Esperanto ido
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The story

  1. Esperanto · derived fromido“offspring”
  2. Ido · borrowed fromIdo
  3. English todayIdo

Borrowing from Ido Ido. Began as a pseudonym, probably directly from Esperanto ido (“offspring”).

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