Translation
to lend; to borrow
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Word origin
From French emprunter ('to borrow'), trimmed to a short root. The French verb goes back to Late Latin promutuari, from mutuum, a loan, the same root that gives English mutual.
- Origin
- French
- Root
- emprunter
- English cognates
- mutual
Examples
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Can you lend me your book?
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I borrowed money from my brother.
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She lent her bicycle to the neighbour.
covers both directions of the loan, and the prepositions carry the meaning: someone is to lend, someone is to borrow. Where the direction matters, Esperanto sharpens it with (lend) and (borrow), but everyday usage happily lets and do the work.
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Word family
Words built on prunti with Esperanto's affixes. Read each one from its parts.
- pruntedoniverb
to lend, to loan
pruntidoni
- pruntepreniverb
to borrow
pruntipreni
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Start your free weekThis word is taught in chapter 13, lesson 11: prunti, butiko, teamo and 7 more words.