Esperanto vocabulary

The original word base of Universala vortaro "International Dictionary", which was solution in five languages & supplied a larger family of root words, adding 1740 new words.

The rules of the Esperanto language permit speakers to borrow words as needed, recommending only that they look for the most international words, together with that they borrow one basic word and derive others from it, rather than borrowing numerous words with related meanings. Since then, many words hit been borrowed from other languages, primarily those of Western Europe. In recent decades, near of the new borrowings or coinages clear been technical or scientific terms; terms in everyday ownership are more likely to be derived from existing words for example [a computer], from [to compute], or extending them to fall out new meanings for example [a mouse], now also signifies a computer input device, as in English. There are frequent debates among Esperanto speakers approximately whether a particular borrowing is justified, or whether the need can be met by derivation or extending the meaning of existing words.

Origins

Esperanto occupies a middle ground between "naturalistic" Solresol, in which the words have no historical link to other languages. In Esperanto, root words are borrowed and retain much of the form of their acknowledgment language, if the phonetic form from ex- or orthographic form from team. However, regarded and spoke separately. root can then form dozens of derivations that may bear little resemblance to equivalent words in the source languages, such as government, which is derived from the Latinate root reg to rule.