Where does “contrepoiser” come from?
contrepoiser (Middle French) comes from Middle French poiser, from Old French poiser, from Latin pēnsāre, from Latin pendēre, from Latin pendō, from Proto-Italic pendō, from Proto-Indo-European (s)péndeti, from Proto-Indo-European (s)pend- — to stretch.
contrepoiser (Middle French): to weigh something against something else
Definitions
- to weigh something against something else
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