Where does “pendulously” come from?
pendulously (English) comes from English pendulous, 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.
pendulously (English): In a pendulous manner
Definitions
- In a pendulous manner
Ancestry of “pendulously”, step by step
pendulously traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English pendulous
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | pendulous | hanging as if from a support; indecisive or... |
| 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 |