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1st pers. sing.: compendo

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Etymology of the Latin word compendere

the Latin word compendere (weigh, balance together)

derived from the Latin word pendere (hang, hang down; depend; weigh out; pay, pay out)

using the Latin prefix com-

derived from the Latin word cum (with)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *kom (near, with, together)