expedio

Latin

verb
Definitions
  • I free feet from snares; unfasten fetters; lose the shackles
  • I loosen restraints, unchain, set free, liberate, release
  • I unwind, untangle, untie, unwrap; disconnect, detach, extricate from entanglements
  • I remove impediments, clear obstacles; hasten, expedite a process
  • I make ready; prepare, develop, produce
  • I carry out, make happen, effect; arrange, settle a matter
  • I carry forth, bring forward; send out, dispatch, expedite
  • I procure or obtain
  • I am profitable, serviceable, advantageous, expedient

Etymology

Affix from Latin pedes (feet, walking afoot, footsoldier) inherited from Proto-Italic *pess inherited from Proto-Indo-European *ped- (step, foot, walk, fall, stumble), *ped- (step, foot, walk, fall, stumble).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*ped-

Gloss

step, foot, walk, fall, stumble

Concept
Semantic Field

The house

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Kanji

歩

Emoji
🪜

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