Where does “prepensed” come from?

prepensed (English) comes from Anglo-Norman prepenser, from Old French penser, 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.

prepensed (English): simple past tense and past participle of prepense

Definitions

  1. simple past tense and past participle of prepense

Ancestry of “prepensed”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Anglo-Normanprepenserto premeditate; to think of in advance
2Old Frenchpenserto think; thought
3Latinpēnsāre—
4Latinpendēre—
5Latinpendōto weigh, weigh out
6Proto-Italicpendōhang, put in a hanging position
7Proto-Indo-European(s)péndeti—
8Proto-Indo-European(s)pend-to stretch

Words derived from “prepensed”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)pend- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)péndeti →Every word from Proto-Italic pendō →
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