Where does “promesa” come from?
promesa (Asturian) comes from Vulgar Latin promissa, from Latin prōmissum, from Latin promissus, from Latin prōmittō, from Latin prō, from Latin ratus, from Latin rēōr, from Proto-Italic rēōr — to fit, to fix, to put together.
promesa (Asturian): promise
Ancestry of “promesa”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Vulgar Latin | promissa | promise |
| 2 | Latin | prōmissum | — |
| 3 | Latin | promissus | promised |
| 4 | Latin | prōmittō | — |
| 5 | Latin | prō | — |
| 6 | Latin | ratus | considered, having been considered; established,... |
| 7 | Latin | rēōr | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | rēōr | to reckon, to calculate; to think, to deem, to... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂reh₁- | to think, reason; to arrange |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂er- | to fit, to fix, to put together |