Where does “estirar” come from?
estirar (Catalan) comes from Catalan és, from Latin est, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ésti, from Proto-Indo-European h₁es- — to be.
estirar (Catalan): to stretch, stretch out
Ancestry of “estirar”, step by step
estirar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Catalan és
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Catalan | és | himself, herself, itself (direct or indirect object) |
| 2 | Latin | est | third-person singular present active indicative... |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ésti | to be |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁es- | to be |
via Catalan tirar
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Catalan | tirar | to throw, cast; to shoot, fire |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | *tīrāre | — |
Words derived from “estirar”