Where does “Pesilo” come from?

Pesilo (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto pesi, from French peser, from Middle French peser, from Old French peser, from Latin pēnsāre, from Latin pendēre, from Latin pendō, from Proto-Italic pendō — to stretch.

Pesilo (Esperanto): Libra

Definitions

  1. Libra

Ancestry of “Pesilo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantopesito weigh
2Frenchpeserto weigh; To weigh
3Middle Frenchpeserto weigh
4Old Frenchpeserto weigh; to be a burden or a worry
5Latinpēnsāre
6Latinpendēre
7Latinpendōto weigh, weigh out
8Proto-Italicpendōhang, put in a hanging position
9Proto-Indo-European(s)péndeti
10Proto-Indo-European(s)pend-to stretch
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)pend-
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