Where does “pendulous” come from?
Pendulous comes from Latin pendulus, from Latin pendere, from Latin pendo, from Proto-Indo-European (s)pend-, meaning to hang or weigh.
pendulous (English): hanging as if from a support; indecisive or...
Definitions
- hanging as if from a support; indecisive or...
Ancestry of “pendulous”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | pendulus | hanging, hanging down, pendent, suspended;... |
| 2 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |