Where does “hasta” come from?

hasta (Portuguese) comes from Latin hasta, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰast- — rod; pole; bar; switch.

hasta (Portuguese): spear; auction

Definitions

  1. spear; auction

Ancestry of “hasta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinhastaa spear, lance, pike, carried by soldiers and...
2Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰast-rod; pole; bar; switch

Words derived from “hasta”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰast- →Every word from Latin hasta →