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Where does “spingere” come from?

spingere (Italian) comes from Latin expingo, from Latin pangō, from Proto-Italic pangō, from Proto-Indo-European peh₂ǵ- — to attach.

spingere (Italian): to push, press; to shove; to drive, lead

Definitions

  1. to push, press; to shove; to drive, lead

Ancestry of “spingere”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinexpingo—
2Latinpangō—
3Proto-Italicpangōto fasten, to fix
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpeh₂ǵ-to attach

Words derived from “spingere”

  • respingere
  • risospingere
  • sospingere
  • rispingere
  • respingere
  • respinge
Every word from Proto-Indo-European peh₂ǵ- →