Where does “peso” come from?
peso (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.
peso (Esperanto): peso
Definitions
- peso
Ancestry of “peso”, step by step
peso traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Esperanto pesi
| 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 |