Where does “ajustar” come from?

ajustar (Spanish) comes from Spanish justo, from Old Spanish justo, from Latin iūstus, from Latin iūs, from Latin dīcō, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.

ajustar (Spanish): to adjust

Definitions

  1. to adjust

Ancestry of “ajustar”, step by step

ajustar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Spanish justo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishjustoright, just; exactly; tightly
2Old Spanishjustosomeone just, righteous
3Latiniūstusjust, righteous
4Latiniūslaw, right
5Latindīcōto say, talk, speak, utter, mention
6Latin-tiōtion, -ation, -ing
7Latindissertātiō(spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition
8Latindissertusarranged, disposed; explained
9Latindissereresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
10Latindis-asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;...
11Latincalceusshoe
12Latincalxlimestone; chalk; the finish line
13Ancient Greekχάλιξsmall stone, pebble; gravel, rubble

via Vulgar Latin adiuxtare

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latinadiuxtarepresent active infinitive of *adiuxtō
2LatinAdtoward, to
3Latinilliche, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that...
4Latinillethat; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that...
5LatinolleArchaic form of ille
6Proto-Italic*olnosthat

Words derived from “ajustar

Every word from Ancient Greek χάλιξEvery word from Latin -tiōEvery word from Latin dis-