Where does “pesar” come from?
pesar (Old Portuguese) comes from Vulgar Latin pesare, from Latin pensare, from Latin penso, from Latin pendo, from Proto-Italic pendō, from Proto-Indo-European (s)péndeti, from Proto-Indo-European (s)pend- — to stretch.
Ancestry of “pesar”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vulgar Latin | pesare | — |
| 2 | Latin | pensare | present active infinitive of pēnsō; second-person... |
| 3 | Latin | penso | I ponder, consider; I weigh, counterbalance; I... |
| 4 | Latin | pendo | I suspend, hang; I weigh, weigh out; I pay |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | pendō | hang, put in a hanging position |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)péndeti | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)pend- | to stretch |