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Where does “pene-” come from?

pene- (English) comes from Latin paene, from Proto-Indo-European peh₁- — to hate, hurt.

pene- (English): Almost the thing or quality expressed by the...

Definitions

  1. Almost the thing or quality expressed by the...

Ancestry of “pene-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpaenealmost, nearly; scarcely, hardly, barely
2Proto-Indo-Europeanpeh₁-to hate, hurt

Words derived from “pene-”

  • peneplain
  • penecontemporaneous
  • penecontemporaneously
  • pene-enclave
  • pene-exclave
  • pénéplaine
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