Where does “hostigar” come from?
hostigar (Spanish) comes from Old Spanish fostigar, from Latin fūstīgāre, from Latin fūstis, from Latin -ārium, from Latin -um, from Proto-Italic *-om, from Proto-Indo-European *-oHom.
hostigar (Spanish): to lash; to harass; to pester
Definitions
- to lash; to harass; to pester
Ancestry of “hostigar”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Spanish | fostigar | — |
| 2 | Latin | fūstīgāre | — |
| 3 | Latin | fūstis | a knobbed stick, a cudgel, staff, club |
| 4 | Latin | -ārium | used primarily to form nouns of purpose from other nouns, such as places where things are kept or objects used for a particular end |
| 5 | Latin | -um | nominative neuter singular of -us; accusative... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | *-om | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | *-oHom | — |