Where does “restar” come from?
restar (Ido) comes from Italian restare, from Latin restō, from Latin rĕ-, from Latin prōdūcō, from Latin prō-, from Proto-Italic *pro-, from Proto-Indo-European pro-, from Proto-Indo-European por- — passed , crossed.
restar (Ido): to remain, stay, abide
Definitions
- to remain, stay, abide
Ancestry of “restar”, step by step
restar traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian restare
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | restare | to stay; to remain |
| 2 | Latin | restō | to stand firm; to stay behind |
| 3 | Latin | rĕ- | back, backwards |
| 4 | Latin | prōdūcō | to lead or bring forth, forward or out |
| 5 | Latin | prō- | forward direction, forward movement |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | *pro- | pro- see the Latin entry for further meanings |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pro- | toward, forward |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | por- | to give birth; forward, through; going, passage |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |
via French rester
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | rester | to stay; to remain, be left over; to stay, to... |
| 2 | French | avec | with |
| 3 | Middle French | avec | Alternative form of avecques |
| 4 | Old French | avoc | — |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | aboc | — |
| 6 | Latin | apud | at, by, near, among; before, in the presence of,... |
| 7 | Latin | ad post | — |
via Spanish restar
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | restar | to subtract, to reduce, to deduct; to remain; to... |