Where does “Spaß” come from?
Spaß (German) comes from German Spasso, from Italian spasso, from Vulgar Latin expassare, from Latin expandō, from Latin pandō, from Latin pandus, from Latin -us, from Old Latin -os — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...
Spaß (German): fun; joke
Definitions
- fun; joke
Ancestry of “Spaß”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Spasso | — |
| 2 | Italian | spasso | fun; leisure; walk |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | expassare | — |
| 4 | Latin | expandō | to spread something out |
| 5 | Latin | pandō | to spread or open (out), extend |
| 6 | Latin | pandus | bend, crooked, curved; bent, crooked |
| 7 | Latin | -us | suffix forming adjectives from nouns, verbs,... |
| 8 | Old Latin | -os | accusative masculine plural of -us |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -os | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -ós | Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting... |