Where does “pesa” come from?
pesa (French) comes from French peser, from Middle French peser, from Old French peser, from Latin pēnsāre, from Latin pendēre, from Latin pendō, from Proto-Italic pendō, from Proto-Indo-European (s)péndeti — to stretch.
pesa (French): third-person singular past historic of peser
Definitions
- third-person singular past historic of peser
Ancestry of “pesa”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | peser | to weigh; To weigh |
| 2 | Middle French | peser | to weigh |
| 3 | Old French | peser | to weigh; to be a burden or a worry |
| 4 | Latin | pēnsāre | — |
| 5 | Latin | pendēre | — |
| 6 | Latin | pendō | to weigh, weigh out |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | pendō | hang, put in a hanging position |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)péndeti | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)pend- | to stretch |