Where does “peser” come from?

peser (Middle French) comes from Old French peser, from Latin pēnsāre, from Latin pendēre, from Latin pendō, from Proto-Italic pendō, from Proto-Indo-European (s)péndeti, from Proto-Indo-European (s)pend- — to stretch.

peser (Middle French): to weigh

Definitions

  1. to weigh

Ancestry of “peser”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchpeserto weigh; to be a burden or a worry
2Latinpēnsāre—
3Latinpendēre—
4Latinpendōto weigh, weigh out
5Proto-Italicpendōhang, put in a hanging position
6Proto-Indo-European(s)péndeti—
7Proto-Indo-European(s)pend-to stretch

Words derived from “peser”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)pend- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)péndeti →Every word from Proto-Italic pendō →