Where does “besan” come from?

besan (Asturian) comes from Asturian besar, from Latin bāsiō, from Latin -ō, from Proto-Indo-European -ō — Derives nouns from roots.

besan (Asturian): third-person plural present subjunctive of besar

Definitions

  1. third-person plural present subjunctive of besar

Ancestry of “besan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Asturianbesarto kiss
2Latinbāsiōto kiss
3Latin-ōsuffixed to nouns or adjectives. Originally a-stem nouns. Later extended to nouns with other stems. Forms regular first-conjugation verbs
4Proto-Indo-European-ōDerives nouns from roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ō →Every word from Latin -ō →Every word from Latin bāsiō →
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