Where does “prepinge” come from?
prepinge (Romanian) comes from Latin perpendō, from Latin pendō, from Proto-Italic pendō, from Proto-Indo-European (s)péndeti, from Proto-Indo-European (s)pend- — to stretch.
prepinge (Romanian): to balance; to create equilibrium by taking away...
Definitions
- to balance; to create equilibrium by taking away...
Ancestry of “prepinge”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | perpendō | to weigh or examine carefully or exactly, ponder, consider |
| 2 | Latin | pendō | to weigh, weigh out |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | pendō | hang, put in a hanging position |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)péndeti | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)pend- | to stretch |