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pendere
Latin · ancient
"to weigh"
to weigh, giving rise to pensare (to weigh carefully, frequentative of pendere)
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compensare
Latin · ancient
"to weigh together, to balance out"
to weigh together, to balance out, from com- and pensare
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compensate
English · 1600s
"to give something to make up for a loss or harm"
settled as the English word for giving something to make up for a loss
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