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Where does “pense” come from?
pense (Middle Dutch) comes from Old French panse, from Latin pantex — belly, paunch, guts.
Ancestry of “pense”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Old French
panse
belly; belly; tripe
2
Latin
pantex
belly, paunch, guts
Words derived from “pense”
pens
pens
boekpens
pense
boepens
swartwitpens
boep
boep
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