Where does “stima” come from?
stima (Papiamentu) comes from Spanish estimar, from Latin aestimō, from Latin aestumo — to value, rate, esteem.
stima (Papiamentu): to love
Ancestry of “stima”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Spanish | estimar | to esteem; to estimate; to think, to believe |
| 2 | Latin | aestimō | — |
| 3 | Latin | aestumo | to value, rate, esteem |