Where does “elpensi” come from?
elpensi (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto el, from Latin ex, from Latin commūnicō, from Latin commūnis, from Old Latin com(m)oinis, from Proto-Italic kommoinis, from Proto-Indo-European ḱom-moy-ni-, from Proto-Indo-European ḱóm — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
elpensi (Esperanto): to think up; to think out, invent
Definitions
- to think up; to think out, invent
Ancestry of “elpensi”, step by step
elpensi traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Esperanto el
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | el | made of; from |
| 2 | Latin | ex | A name of the letter "X"; out of, from |
| 3 | Latin | commūnicō | to impart, share |
| 4 | Latin | commūnis | common, commonplace, ordinary, general, universal, shared, shared alike, of both sides, belonging to two or more together |
| 5 | Old Latin | com(m)oinis | — |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | kommoinis | common |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱom-moy-ni- | held in common |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 10 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 11 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 12 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 13 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 14 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
via German ausdenken
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | ausdenken | to come up with, to think up, to make up (a story, a plan, a strategy, lies etc.) |
| 2 | German | Aus | an out; the end of play for an individual or a... |
| 3 | English | out | Away from the inside, centre or other point of... |
| 4 | Middle English | oute | out |
| 5 | Old English | ūt | out |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | *ūt | out, outward |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | ūt | out, outward |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | úd | out, outward |