peso
Spanish
noun
Definitions
- weight the force on an object due to gravitational attraction
- weight a block of metal used in a balance
- weight class
- peso unit of currency
- weight importance or influence
- weight, burden, load, brunt pressure
Etymology
Inherited from Old Spanish peso inherited from Latin *pēsum, pēnsum (weight, id).
Origin
Latin
pēnsum
Gloss
weight, id
Concept
Semantic Field
Sense perception
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- peseta English
- peso English
- pesoization English
- pesoize English
- *pēsum Latin
- pensum Latin
- pēnsum Latin
- peso Italian
- pensum French
- песо Russian
- peseta Spanish, Castilian
- pesetero Spanish, Castilian
- sobrepeso Spanish, Castilian
- pensum Norwegian Bokmål
- ペソ Japanese
- pensum Norwegian Nynorsk
- pensum Danish
- pois Old French
- păs Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- piso Cebuano
- piso Tagalog
- mëshoj Albanian
- peso Old Portuguese
- pais Romansh
- paisa Romansh
- peisa Romansh
- pesa Romansh
- pês Friulian
- pes Old Occitan
- peso Old Spanish
- pexo Venetian
- peis xno
- pisu Basque
- béeso Navajo, Navaho
- *puɨs Proto-Brythonic
- peis Ladin
- pieso Tetelcingo Nahuatl
- piexojtli̱ Tetelcingo Nahuatl
- peso Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl
- peesu Cahuilla
- paxu Tataltepec Chatino
- peexy Isthmus Mixe