Where does “pedir” come from?
pedir (Spanish) comes from Latin petīre, from Latin petere, from Latin peto, from Proto-Indo-European péth₂eti, from Proto-Indo-European peth₂- — to spread out; to fly.
pedir (Spanish): to ask for something; to request someone else to...
Definitions
- to ask for something; to request someone else to...
Ancestry of “pedir”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | petīre | — |
| 2 | Latin | petere | present active infinitive of petō; second-person... |
| 3 | Latin | peto | I ask, beg, request; I make for; I seek, aim at,... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | péth₂eti | to fly |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | peth₂- | to spread out; to fly |
Words derived from “pedir”