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Where does “repreni” come from?

repreni (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto re-, from Latin rĕ-, from Latin prōdūcō, from Latin prō-, from Proto-Italic *pro-, from Proto-Indo-European pro-, from Proto-Indo-European por-, from Proto-Indo-European per- — passed , crossed.

repreni (Esperanto): to take back; to take again

Definitions

  1. to take back; to take again

Ancestry of “repreni”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantore-indicates repetition, again; indicates a return...
2Latinrĕ-—
3Latinprōdūcō—
4Latinprō-—
5Proto-Italic*pro-—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpro-toward, forward
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpor-to give birth; forward, through; going, passage
8Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed
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