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pignus
English
noun
Definitions
(legal) A pledge or pawn.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin pignus (a bet).
Origin
Latin
pignus
Gloss
a bet
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
Cognates
pignistic
English
pignus
Latin
pegno
Italian
peño
Spanish, Castilian
*peyǵ-
Proto-Indo-European
*pangi
Proto-Albanian
Derived Terms
pignistic