Where does “pesance” come from?
pesance (Old 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.
pesance (Old French): weight; sadness; sorrow
Ancestry of “pesance”, step by step