Pensum

German (Berlin)

noun

Definitions

An allotted task.
The prescribed workload to be completed in a given period of time.
(archaic) Material to be learned at school.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pensum.

Origin

Latin

pensum

Gloss

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

pensum English
peso English
*pēsum Latin
pensum Latin
-s- German
Arbeit German
Arbeitspensum German
pienso Spanish, Castilian
peso Norwegian Bokmål
peso Norwegian Nynorsk
peshë Albanian