Where does “gastão” come from?
gastão (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese gastar, from Latin vastare, from Latin vasto, from Latin vastus, from Proto-Celtic wāstos, from Proto-Indo-European h₁weh₂- — to leave, abandon, give out.
gastão (Portuguese): prodigal, extravagant, wasteful
Definitions
- prodigal, extravagant, wasteful
Ancestry of “gastão”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | gastar | to spend; to expend |
| 2 | Latin | vastare | present active infinitive of vāstō; second-person... |
| 3 | Latin | vasto | I devastate, ravage or lay waste; inflection of... |
| 4 | Latin | vastus | Empty, unoccupied, i.e. waste, desert; Desolate,... |
| 5 | Proto-Celtic | wāstos | empty |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁weh₂- | to leave, abandon, give out |