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Where does “špás” come from?

špás (Czech) comes from German Spaß, from German Spasso, from Italian spasso, from Vulgar Latin expassare, from Latin expandō, from Latin pandō, from Latin pandus, from Latin -us — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...

špás (Czech): prank

Definitions

  1. prank

Ancestry of “špás”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanSpaßfun; joke
2GermanSpasso—
3Italianspassofun; leisure; walk
4Vulgar Latinexpassare—
5Latinexpandō—
6Latinpandō—
7Latinpandusbend, crooked, curved; bent, crooked
8Latin-ussuffix forming adjectives from nouns, verbs,...
9Old Latin-osaccusative masculine plural of -us
10Proto-Italic-os—
11Proto-Indo-European-ósCreates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...
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