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Where does “premegi” come from?

premegi (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto premi, from Latin premere, from Latin premo, from Proto-Indo-European pres-, from Proto-Indo-European per-, from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tós — passed , crossed.

premegi (Esperanto): to crush

Definitions

  1. to crush

Ancestry of “premegi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantopremito press
2Latinpremeresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
3LatinpremoI press; I pursue
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpres-to press
5Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed
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