Where does “sispann” come from?
sispann (Haitian Creole) comes from French suspendre, from Latin suspendere, from Latin pendēre, from Latin pendō, from Proto-Italic pendō, from Proto-Indo-European (s)péndeti, from Proto-Indo-European (s)pend- — to stretch.
sispann (Haitian Creole): to quit, to stop
Definitions
- to quit, to stop
Ancestry of “sispann”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | suspendre | to suspend |
| 2 | Latin | suspendere | third-person plural perfect active indicative of... |
| 3 | Latin | pendēre | — |
| 4 | Latin | pendō | to weigh, weigh out |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | pendō | hang, put in a hanging position |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)péndeti | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)pend- | to stretch |