Where does “gastar” come from?
gastar (Old Portuguese) comes from Latin vastare, from Latin vasto, from Latin vastus, from Proto-Celtic wāstos, from Proto-Indo-European h₁weh₂- — to leave, abandon, give out.
Ancestry of “gastar”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | vastare | present active infinitive of vāstō; second-person... |
| 2 | Latin | vasto | I devastate, ravage or lay waste; inflection of... |
| 3 | Latin | vastus | Empty, unoccupied, i.e. waste, desert; Desolate,... |
| 4 | Proto-Celtic | wāstos | empty |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁weh₂- | to leave, abandon, give out |
Words derived from “gastar”