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
- prank
Ancestry of “špás”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Spaß | fun; joke |
| 2 | German | Spasso | — |
| 3 | Italian | spasso | fun; leisure; walk |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | expassare | — |
| 5 | Latin | expandō | to spread something out |
| 6 | Latin | pandō | to spread or open (out), extend |
| 7 | Latin | pandus | bend, crooked, curved; bent, crooked |
| 8 | Latin | -us | suffix forming adjectives from nouns, verbs,... |
| 9 | Old Latin | -os | accusative masculine plural of -us |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | -os | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -ós | Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting... |