Where does “pezi” come from?

pezi (Esperanto) comes from Italian pesare, from Latin pensō, from Latin pendō, from Proto-Italic pendō, from Proto-Indo-European (s)péndeti, from Proto-Indo-European (s)pend- — to stretch.

pezi (Esperanto): to weigh (an amount), to be heavy

Definitions

  1. to weigh (an amount), to be heavy

Ancestry of “pezi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianpesareto weigh
2Latinpensōto ponder, consider
3Latinpendōto weigh, weigh out
4Proto-Italicpendōhang, put in a hanging position
5Proto-Indo-European(s)péndeti—
6Proto-Indo-European(s)pend-to stretch

Words derived from “pezi”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)pend- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)péndeti →Every word from Proto-Italic pendō →