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pedir
(Verb)
"to request"
12th cent. From Latin petere "to seek."
From Proto-Italic *pet-e/o- 'id.' Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *pt-i̯ "to fly (towards)," but the sense evolution is obscure.
Romance
Portuguese pedir, Romanian peți, Sardinian pedire
Italic
Venetic ekvopetaris? "of a horse-rider"
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