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Where does “ekpensi” come from?

ekpensi (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto pensi, from Latin pensō, from Latin pendō, from Proto-Italic pendō, from Proto-Indo-European (s)péndeti, from Proto-Indo-European (s)pend- — to stretch.

ekpensi (Esperanto): to start to think

Definitions

  1. to start to think

Ancestry of “ekpensi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantopensito think
2Latinpensō—
3Latinpendō—
4Proto-Italicpendōhang, put in a hanging position
5Proto-Indo-European(s)péndeti—
6Proto-Indo-European(s)pend-to stretch
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