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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

  1. to balance; to create equilibrium by taking away...

Ancestry of “prepinge”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinperpendō—
2Latinpendō—
3Proto-Italicpendōhang, put in a hanging position
4Proto-Indo-European(s)péndeti—
5Proto-Indo-European(s)pend-to stretch
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