Where does “pent” come from?
pent (English) comes from English pen, from English penetration, from Middle English penetracioun, from Old French penetracïon, from Latin penetrātiō, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
pent (English): Confinement; concealment; Confined in a pen,...
Definitions
- Confinement; concealment; Confined in a pen,...
Ancestry of “pent”, step by step
pent traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English pen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | pen | An enclosure used to contain domesticated... |
| 2 | English | penetration | The act of penetrating something; Specifically,... |
| 3 | Middle English | penetracioun | — |
| 4 | Old French | penetracïon | penetration (act, instance of penetrating) |
| 5 | Latin | penetrātiō | piercing, penetration |
| 6 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 7 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 8 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 9 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 10 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 11 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 12 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 13 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via English pentacle
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | pentacle | A flat talisman, almost always disk-shaped, made... |
| 2 | Middle French | pentacle | pentacle a talisman of parchment, sheet metal, or other substance, marked with a magic symbol or symbols, used in magical evocation |
| 3 | Old French | pentacol | pendant |
| 4 | Old French | pent | third-person singular present indicative of... |
| 5 | Old French | pendre | to hang |
| 6 | Latin | pendēre | — |
| 7 | Latin | pendō | to weigh, weigh out |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | pendō | hang, put in a hanging position |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)péndeti | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)pend- | to stretch |