Where does “aspaviento” come from?
aspaviento (Spanish) comes from Spanish aspaventar, from Italian spaventare, from Vulgar Latin expaventare, from Classical Latin expaveō, from Latin pavor, from Latin -or, from Proto-Italic -ōs, from Proto-Indo-European -ōs — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;...
aspaviento (Spanish): fuss, ado
Definitions
- fuss, ado
Ancestry of “aspaviento”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | aspaventar | to scare, shock |
| 2 | Italian | spaventare | to frighten, scare, spook |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | expaventare | present active infinitive of *expaventō |
| 4 | Classical Latin | expaveō | — |
| 5 | Latin | pavor | The act of trembling, quaking, throbbing or... |
| 6 | Latin | -or | used to form a third-declension masculine... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -ōs | Creates masculine action nouns or result nouns... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -ōs | Creates masculine and feminine action nouns or... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -oss | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -os | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;... |