Where does “sopesar” come from?
sopesar (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese pesar, from Old Portuguese pesar, from Vulgar Latin pesare, from Latin pensare, from Latin penso, from Latin pendo, from Proto-Italic pendō, from Proto-Indo-European (s)péndeti — to stretch.
sopesar (Portuguese): to distribute equally; to equilibrate; to...
Definitions
- to distribute equally; to equilibrate; to...
Ancestry of “sopesar”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | pesar | grief; regret; to weigh; to influence |
| 2 | Old Portuguese | pesar | — |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | pesare | — |
| 4 | Latin | pensare | present active infinitive of pēnsō; second-person... |
| 5 | Latin | penso | I ponder, consider; I weigh, counterbalance; I... |
| 6 | Latin | pendo | I suspend, hang; I weigh, weigh out; I pay |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | pendō | hang, put in a hanging position |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)péndeti | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)pend- | to stretch |