Etymology

descanso

des·can·so
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Today it means: A cross placed at the site of a violent, unexpected death, in memoriam. Full definition →

Spanish descanso ← Latin campsāre ← Old Spanish des-
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  2. Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
  3. Proto-Indo-European*d(w)is-
  4. Proto-Italic*dis-
  5. Latindis-
  6. Old Spanishdes-
  7. Spanishdes-
  8. Latincampsāre
  9. Spanishcansar
  10. Spanishdescansardeverb.
  11. Spanishdescanso
  12. English todaydescanso

Borrowed from Spanish descanso (“place of rest, as of a funeral procession”).

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