Etymograph

English

compense

Compense comes from French compenser ‘to compensate for, to offset’, and goes back to Latin pensō ‘to weigh’.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpensō‘to weigh’
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcompēnsāre
  3. Frenchc. 1600–presentcompenser‘to compensate for, to offset’
  4. Englishtodaycompense

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpensō‘to weigh’
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcompēnsāre
  3. Frenchc. 1600–presentcompenser‘to compensate for, to offset’
  4. Englishtodaycompense

Linked words

through Latin pensō ‘to weigh’

dispensation, pensive, 8 more

Today it means

verb To compensate.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Latin pensō / compense

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