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Where does “pense” come from?

pense (French) comes from Latin pensatus, from Latin pensō, from Latin pendō, from Proto-Italic pendō, from Proto-Indo-European (s)péndeti, from Proto-Indo-European (s)pend- — to stretch.

pense (French): first-person singular present indicative of...

Definitions

  1. first-person singular present indicative of...

Ancestry of “pense”, step by step

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