{"id":42,"date":"2009-04-25T00:42:36","date_gmt":"2009-04-25T04:42:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/esperanto\/?p=42"},"modified":"2009-04-25T00:42:36","modified_gmt":"2009-04-25T04:42:36","slug":"fun-with-infixes-estr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/esperanto\/fun-with-infixes-estr\/","title":{"rendered":"Fun with Infixes: -estr-"},"content":{"rendered":"

Taken on its own, the word “estro<\/strong>” means a leader (or, more colloquially, a boss or a chief). You can put -estr-<\/strong> into a word to create specific types of leaders.<\/p>\n

Sxipestro<\/strong> (sxip- + -estr- + -o) = Ship’s captain
\nLernestro<\/strong> (lern- + -estr- + -o) = Principal, professor, etc.
\nUrbestro<\/strong> (urb- + -estr- + -o) = Mayor<\/p>\n

Perhaps your previous Esperanto studies bring to mind the word “fenestro<\/strong>.” We can break it apart to show fen-, -estr-, and the -o suffix. We know that “fenestro” actually means “window” (which Zamenhof probably adapted from the Latin word “fenestra,” from which English derives its oddly specific verb “defenestration” – to eject from a window!). Given what -estr- means, the word “fenestro” doesn’t seem to make much sense. A master of “fenoj<\/strong>?”<\/p>\n

It’s likely unintentional, but the etymology of “fenestro” ends up working out quite nicely. The word “feno<\/strong>” in Esperanto means “a chinook,” which is a type of wind. A window controls whether or not one’s room experiences the wind or not – which may well be why “wind” fits into the word in English. With this in mind, perhaps the “fenestro” is meant to be the master of the winds – something that controls them to keep your papers from blowing off of your desk, or to keep insects from flying in your window as you drive to work.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Taken on its own, the word “estro” means a leader (or, more colloquially, a boss or a chief). You can put -estr- into a word to create specific types of leaders. Sxipestro (sxip- + -estr- + -o) = Ship’s captain Lernestro (lern- + -estr- + -o) = Principal, professor, etc. Urbestro (urb- + -estr- +…<\/p>\n

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