Where does “mesto” come from?

mesto (English) comes from Italian mesto, from Latin maestus, from Latin maereo, from Proto-Indo-European mēwdʰ- — to complain, be emotional about; to complain or...

mesto (English): sad, mournful; mournfully

Definitions

  1. sad, mournful; mournfully

Ancestry of “mesto”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianmestosad; first-person singular present indicative of...
2Latinmaestussad, sorrowful, melancholy; gloomy; mournful, of...
3LatinmaereoI am sad or mournful; mourn, grieve, lament; I...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmēwdʰ-to complain, be emotional about; to complain or...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mēwdʰ- →Every word from Latin maereo →Every word from Latin maestus →