Etymograph

English

piso

Piso comes from Tagalog piso ‘peso’, from Spanish peso ‘weight’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pend- ‘to stretch’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*(s)pend-1‘to stretch’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*(s)péndeti1reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*pendō1‘to hang, put in a hanging position’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpendō1‘to weigh, weigh out’
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpēnsum1‘allotment, portion, weight’
  6. Vulgar Latinc. 100–700 CE*pēsum1reconstructed
  7. Old Spanishc. 950–1500peso1‘weight’
  8. Spanishc. 1500–presentpeso1‘weight’
  9. Tagalogmodernpiso1‘peso’
  10. Englishtodaypiso1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English piso

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*(s)pend-Wiktionary, English piso‘to stretch’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*(s)péndetiWiktionary, English pisoreconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*pendōWiktionary, English piso‘to hang, put in a hanging position’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpendōWiktionary, English piso‘to weigh, weigh out’
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpēnsumWiktionary, English piso‘allotment, portion, weight’
  6. Vulgar Latinc. 100–700 CE*pēsumWiktionary, English pisoreconstructed
  7. Old Spanishc. 950–1500pesoWiktionary, English piso‘weight’
  8. Spanishc. 1500–presentpesoWiktionary, English piso‘weight’
  9. TagalogmodernpisoWiktionary, English piso‘peso’
  10. EnglishtodaypisoWiktionary, English piso

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *(s)pend- ‘to stretch’

pound, depend, span, pendant, pansy, poise, pensive, 15 more

through Proto-Italic *pendō ‘to hang, put in a hanging position’

spending, suspension, suspend, spender, 11 more

through Latin pendō ‘to weigh, weigh out’

spend, expensive, compensation, expense, pension, compensate, expenditure, appendix, penthouse, perpendicular, compendium, expend, dispensation, append, recompense, 14 more

through Spanish peso ‘weight’

peso, 1 more

Today it means

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Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “piso”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *(s)pend- / piso

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