Where does “trespas” come from?

trespas (Old French) comes from Old French pas, from Latin pāstus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

trespas (Old French): pass

Definitions

  1. pass

Ancestry of “trespas”, step by step

trespas traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old French pas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchpaspace; step; Alternative form of past
2Latinpāstushaving eaten, consumed
3Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
4Proto-Italic-tus
5Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

via Proto-Iranian pasu-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Iranianpasu-
2Proto-Indo-Iranianpáćulivestock, animal
3Proto-Indo-Europeanpéḱulivestock
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpeḱ-to pluck; livestock; wealth

Words derived from “trespas

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tusEvery word from Latin -tusEvery word from Latin pāstus