Translation
violence
Word origin
Built inside Esperanto: per ('by means of') plus forto ('strength', from Latin fortis). Perforto is getting your way by force, and the verb perforti means to force or violate. The logic mirrors Latin per force behind English perforce.
- Origin
- Esperanto, from Latin fortis
- Root
- per + forto
- English cognates
- force, fort, effort
Examples
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Violence never solves problems.
timo .
The people lived in fear because of the violence.
, .
They wanted peace, not violence.
A compound that carries its meaning openly: per + forto, by strength rather than by right. The adjective perforta means violent, and senperforta (sen = without) is non-violent.
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