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Where does “pensador” come from?

pensador (Catalan) comes from Catalan pensar, from Latin pēnsāre, from Latin pendēre, from Latin pendō, from Proto-Italic pendō, from Proto-Indo-European (s)péndeti, from Proto-Indo-European (s)pend- — to stretch.

pensador (Catalan): thinker

Definitions

  1. thinker

Ancestry of “pensador”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalanpensarto think; to think about, to think of, to have in...
2Latinpēnsāre—
3Latinpendēre—
4Latinpendō—
5Proto-Italicpendōhang, put in a hanging position
6Proto-Indo-European(s)péndeti—
7Proto-Indo-European(s)pend-to stretch
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