Where does “esparcimiento” come from?

esparcimiento (Spanish) comes from Spanish esparcir, from Latin spargere, from Latin spargo, from Proto-Indo-European (s)pregʰ- — to scatter, to jerk.

esparcimiento (Spanish): relaxation

Definitions

  1. relaxation

Ancestry of “esparcimiento”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishesparcirto scatter, disperse; to sprinkle; to fire out;...
2Latinspargeresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
3LatinspargoI scatter, strew, sprinkle
4Proto-Indo-European(s)pregʰ-to scatter, to jerk
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)pregʰ- →Every word from Latin spargo →Every word from Latin spargere →