Where does “sus” come from?
sus (Spanish) comes from English sus, from English suspend, from Old French sospendre, from Latin suspendere, from Latin pendēre, from Latin pendō, from Proto-Italic pendō, from Proto-Indo-European (s)péndeti — to stretch.
sus (Spanish): plural of su; one's, his, her, its, their; Your
Definitions
- plural of su; one's, his, her, its, their; Your
Ancestry of “sus”, step by step
sus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English sus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | sus | Suspicion; Suspicious; having suspicions or... |
| 2 | English | suspend | To halt something temporarily; To hold in an... |
| 3 | Old French | sospendre | — |
| 4 | Latin | suspendere | third-person plural perfect active indicative of... |
| 5 | Latin | pendēre | — |
| 6 | Latin | pendō | to weigh, weigh out |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | pendō | hang, put in a hanging position |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)péndeti | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)pend- | to stretch |
via Spanish suso
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | suso | above |
| 2 | Late Latin | susum | — |
| 3 | Latin | sursum | above; upwards, up |
| 4 | Latin | versus | turned, changed, having been turned; towards,... |
| 5 | Latin | vertō | to turn, turn oneself, direct one's way, to turn about, turn around, revolve |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | wertō | to turn |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | wert- | to turn, to rotate |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | wer- | to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel |