Where does “spaassen” come from?

spaassen (Luxembourgish) comes from Luxembourgish Spaass, from German Spaß, from German Spasso, from Italian spasso, from Vulgar Latin expassare, from Latin expandō, from Latin pandō, from Latin pandus — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...

spaassen (Luxembourgish): to joke, to jest

Definitions

  1. to joke, to jest

Ancestry of “spaassen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LuxembourgishSpaassfun, amusement, pleasure; joke
2GermanSpaßfun; joke
3GermanSpasso
4Italianspassofun; leisure; walk
5Vulgar Latinexpassare
6Latinexpandōto spread something out
7Latinpandōto spread or open (out), extend
8Latinpandusbend, crooked, curved; bent, crooked
9Latin-ussuffix forming adjectives from nouns, verbs,...
10Old Latin-osaccusative masculine plural of -us
11Proto-Italic-os
12Proto-Indo-European-ósCreates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ósEvery word from Latin -usEvery word from Latin pandus