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pendere
Latin · ancient
"to hang, to weigh, to pay out"
to hang, to weigh, to pay out
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pensio
Latin · ancient
"a payment, a weighing out"
a payment, a weighing out, from pendere
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pension
Old French · medieval
"a regular payment made to someone"
carried into French for a regular payment made to someone
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pension
English · 1400s
"a regular payment made to someone after retirement"
settled as the English word for a regular payment made after retirement
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