Where does “gastar” come from?
gastar (Galician) comes from Old Portuguese gastar, from Latin vastare, from Latin vasto, from Latin vastus, from Proto-Celtic wāstos, from Proto-Indo-European h₁weh₂- — to leave, abandon, give out.
gastar (Galician): to spend; to expend; to wear, wear out
Definitions
- to spend; to expend; to wear, wear out
Ancestry of “gastar”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Portuguese | gastar | — |
| 2 | Latin | vastare | present active infinitive of vāstō; second-person... |
| 3 | Latin | vasto | I devastate, ravage or lay waste; inflection of... |
| 4 | Latin | vastus | Empty, unoccupied, i.e. waste, desert; Desolate,... |
| 5 | Proto-Celtic | wāstos | empty |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁weh₂- | to leave, abandon, give out |