Where does “spiżarka” come from?
spiżarka (Polish) comes from Polish spiżarnia, from Old Polish spiża, from Middle High German spīse, from Old High German spīsa, from Latin spensa, from Latin expēnsa, from Latin expensus, from Latin expendere — stretch.
Ancestry of “spiżarka”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Polish | spiżarnia | pantry, larder |
| 2 | Old Polish | spiża | — |
| 3 | Middle High German | spīse | — |
| 4 | Old High German | spīsa | meal |
| 5 | Latin | spensa | outlay for provisions, food |
| 6 | Latin | expēnsa | — |
| 7 | Latin | expensus | weighed; paid; judged |
| 8 | Latin | expendere | third-person plural perfect active indicative of... |
| 9 | Latin | expendo | I weigh; I pay out; I judge |
| 10 | Latin | ex- | out, away; throughout; thoroughly |
| 11 | Latin | e | The name of the letter "E"; out of, from |
| 12 | Latin | ex | A name of the letter "X"; out of, from |
| 13 | Latin | tempore | ablative singular of tempus |
| 14 | Latin | tempus | time, period, age; season; kairos, right time,... |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | tempos | stretch |