Where does “spiżowy” come from?
spiżowy (Polish) comes from Polish spiż, 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.
spiżowy (Polish): gunmetal, red brass
Definitions
- gunmetal, red brass
Ancestry of “spiżowy”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Polish | spiż | gunmetal, red brass |
| 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 |