Where does “sustento” come from?
sustento (Tagalog) comes from Spanish sustento, from Spanish sustentar, from Latin sustento, from Latin sustineo, from Latin sub-, from Proto-Indo-European upó, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewp-.
sustento (Tagalog): alimony; support
Definitions
- alimony; support
Ancestry of “sustento”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | sustento | A support; Sustenance; A person's livelihood |
| 2 | Spanish | sustentar | to sustain, support, underpin; to sustain,... |
| 3 | Latin | sustento | I uphold, support, prop or sustain; I endure or... |
| 4 | Latin | sustineo | I hold up or upright, uphold, keep up, bear up,... |
| 5 | Latin | sub- | under, sub |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | upó | under, below |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ewp- | — |