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Where does “pepenar” come from?

pepenar (Spanish) comes from Romanian pepene, from Latin pepō, from Ancient Greek πέπων, from Proto-Indo-European pékʷeti, from Proto-Indo-European pekʷ-, from Proto-Indo-European h₃-ép-kʷ-.

pepenar (Spanish): to scrounge; to pick up, to collect; to steal,...

Definitions

  1. to scrounge; to pick up, to collect; to steal,...

Ancestry of “pepenar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianpepenemelon, specifically "Cucumis melo"; watermelon;...
2Latinpepō—
3Ancient Greekπέπωνripe, softened; good, sweet, kind; weak, cowardly
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpékʷetito be cooking; to ripen
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpekʷ-to cook; to ripen
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃-ép-kʷ-—
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