Where does “exigüidad” come from?
exigüidad (Spanish) comes from Latin exiguitas, from Latin exiguus, from Latin exigō, from Latin agō, from Proto-Italic agō, from Proto-Indo-European h₂éǵeti, from Proto-Indo-European h₂eǵ- — to drive.
exigüidad (Spanish): meagreness; scantness
Definitions
- meagreness; scantness
Ancestry of “exigüidad”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | exiguitas | scantiness; smallness, shortness; scarcity |
| 2 | Latin | exiguus | strict, exact; paltry, inadequate; a poor man |
| 3 | Latin | exigō | to drive out; expel |
| 4 | Latin | agō | to act, to behave |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | agō | drive; push, impel; do, act |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂éǵeti | to be driving |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eǵ- | to drive |