Where does “sovrappeso” come from?
sovrappeso (Italian) comes from Italian peso, from Spanish peso, from Old Spanish peso, from Vulgar Latin pesum, from Latin pēnsum, from Latin pendō, from Proto-Italic pendō, from Proto-Indo-European (s)péndeti — to stretch.
sovrappeso (Italian): overweight; excess weight
Definitions
- overweight; excess weight
Ancestry of “sovrappeso”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | peso | weight; first-person singular present indicative... |
| 2 | Spanish | peso | weight; weight class; peso |
| 3 | Old Spanish | peso | weight |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | pesum | — |
| 5 | Latin | pēnsum | — |
| 6 | Latin | pendō | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | pendō | hang, put in a hanging position |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)péndeti | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)pend- | to stretch |