Where does “peso” come from?
Peso comes from Latin pensum, the past participle of pendere meaning "to weigh," derived from Proto-Indo-European (s)pend-.
peso (English): A former unit of currency in Spain and Spain's...
Definitions
- A former unit of currency in Spain and Spain's...
Ancestry of “peso”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | peso | weight; weight class; peso |
| 2 | Old Spanish | peso | weight |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | pesum | — |
| 4 | Latin | pēnsum | allotment, portion, weight (of wool measured out to a slave to spin in a day) |
| 5 | Latin | pendō | to weigh, weigh out |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | pendō | hang, put in a hanging position |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)péndeti | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)pend- | to stretch |