kontoro

Ido

Etymology

From Esperanto kontoro, from German Kontor, from Middle Low German kontôr, komtôr, komptor (“commercial branch; writing room; counting desk/table”), from Middle Dutch contoor, contoir, comptoir, from Middle French contoir, comtoir, comptoir, from conter, compter (“to count”) + -oir (“instrument sufffix”), from Latin computāre and -tōrium. Compare Dutch kantoor, Russian контора (kontora), Danish, Swedish, and Norwegian kontor.

Noun

kontoro (plural kontori)

1. office

Derived terms

• posto-kontoro