abelisto

Esperanto

Laboranta abelisto

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin apis

Proto-Indo-European *-lós

Proto-Indo-European *-elós

Proto-Italic *-elos

Proto-Italic *-kelos

Latin -cula

Latin apiculader.

Middle French abeille

French abeillebor.

Esperanto abelo

Proto-Indo-European *-id-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti

Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)

Proto-Hellenic *-tās

Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs)

Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor.

Latin -istader.

Esperanto -isto

Esperanto abelisto

From abelo (“bee”) +‎ -isto (“profession”). First attested in 1899.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /abeˈlisto/

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• Rhymes: -isto
• Syllabification: a‧be‧lis‧to
• Hyphenation: abel‧isto

Noun

abelisto (accusative singular abeliston, plural abelistoj, accusative plural abelistojn)

1. beekeeper

Related terms

nouns

• abelejo
• abelmanĝulo
• abelo
• abelreĝino
• abelsvarmo
• abelujo
• abelvakso
• ĉefabelino
• laborabelo
• reĝinabelo
• virabelo

Further reading

• “abelisto”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN
• “abelisto”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-2026