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Where does “sesgado” come from?

sesgado (Spanish) comes from Spanish sesgar, from Old Spanish sessegar, from Vulgar Latin sessicare, from Latin sessus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

sesgado (Spanish): slanted; biased

Definitions

  1. slanted; biased

Ancestry of “sesgado”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishsesgarto cut diagonally; to cut on the bias; to slant
2Old Spanishsessegar—
3Vulgar Latinsessicare—
4Latinsessusa sitting
5Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
6Proto-Italic-tus—
7Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

Words derived from “sesgado”

  • sesgadamente
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →