Where does “béeso bá hooghan” come from?
béeso bá hooghan (Navajo) comes from Navajo béeso, 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.
béeso bá hooghan (Navajo): bank (financial institution)
Definitions
- bank (financial institution)
Ancestry of “béeso bá hooghan”, step by step
béeso bá hooghan traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Navajo béeso
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Navajo | béeso | money; dollar |
| 2 | Spanish | peso | weight; weight class; peso |
| 3 | Old Spanish | peso | weight |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | pesum | — |
| 5 | Latin | pēnsum | allotment, portion, weight (of wool measured out to a slave to spin in a day) |
| 6 | Latin | pendō | to weigh, weigh out |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | pendō | hang, put in a hanging position |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)péndeti | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)pend- | to stretch |