Where does “pendent” come from?

pendent (Catalan) comes from Latin pendēns, from Latin pendeō, from Proto-Italic pendēō, from Proto-Indo-European (s)pend- — to stretch.

pendent (Catalan): pending, unresolved; waiting on; sloped, sloping,...

Definitions

  1. pending, unresolved; waiting on; sloped, sloping,...

Ancestry of “pendent”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpendēnspending
2Latinpendeōto hang (down), to be suspended; hover, overhang, float
3Proto-Italicpendēōhang, be hanging
4Proto-Indo-European(s)pend-to stretch
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)pend-
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