Where does “archipendulum” come from?
archipendulum (English) comes from English pendulum, from Latin pendulus, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
archipendulum (English): An ancient device used to measure angles, consisting of an A-shaped device with a plumbline attached to the top vertex and a mark on the midpoint of the crossbar
Definitions
- An ancient device used to measure angles, consisting of an A-shaped device with a plumbline attached to the top vertex and a mark on the midpoint of the crossbar
Ancestry of “archipendulum”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | pendulum | A body suspended from a fixed support so that it... |
| 2 | Latin | pendulus | hanging, hanging down, pendent, suspended;... |
| 3 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |