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
- Libra
Ancestry of “Pesilo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | pesi | to weigh |
| 2 | French | peser | to weigh; To weigh |
| 3 | Middle French | peser | to weigh |
| 4 | Old French | peser | to weigh; to be a burden or a worry |
| 5 | Latin | pēnsāre | — |
| 6 | Latin | pendēre | — |
| 7 | Latin | pendō | to weigh, weigh out |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | pendō | hang, put in a hanging position |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)péndeti | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)pend- | to stretch |