Where does “pensament” come from?
pensament (Catalan) comes from Catalan pensar, from Latin pēnsāre, from Latin pendēre, from Latin pendō, from Proto-Italic pendō, from Proto-Indo-European (s)péndeti, from Proto-Indo-European (s)pend- — to stretch.
pensament (Catalan): thought
Ancestry of “pensament”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Catalan | pensar | to think; to think about, to think of, to have in... |
| 2 | Latin | pēnsāre | — |
| 3 | Latin | pendēre | — |
| 4 | Latin | pendō | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | pendō | hang, put in a hanging position |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)péndeti | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)pend- | to stretch |