Translation
key
Word origin
Built from ŝlosi (to lock), taken from German schliessen, plus the tool suffix -il-. German makes its word for key the same way: Schlüssel from schliessen.
- Origin
- Esperanto
- Root
- ŝlosi + -il-
Examples
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I cannot find my key.
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She locked the door with the key.
sukceso .
The key to success is work.
A is literally a locking tool: (to lock) plus --, the suffix that names the instrument for a job. It is the standard demonstration of how Esperanto builds vocabulary, and German learners get it free because Schlüssel is built the same way. The figurative sense carries over exactly as in English: is the key to the problem.
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ŝlosilo: worksheet, infographic and listicle
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