Etymology

compensate

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Today it means: To do (something good) after (something bad) happens. Full definition →

Latin compēnsātus
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  1. Latin · borrowed fromcompēnsātus
  2. English todaycompensate

Borrowed from Latin compēnsātus, perfect passive participle of compensō (“to weight together one thing against another, balance, make good”), -ate (verb-forming suffix) for more.

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