Where does “pent” come from?
I need to flag an issue: the chain provided shows "pen" and its plural/possessive forms, but the headword is "pent" (past tense of "pen," meaning confined). The chain doesn't support an etymology for "pent"—it only documents "pen" → "penna" → "pinna." I cannot write an accurate etymology sentence for "pent" using this chain, as doing so would violate the rule "State only what the chain supports. Do not invent dates, cognates, or intermediate steps." Could you clarify: 1. Should the headword be "pen" instead? 2. Or should I receive the correct etymological chain for "pent"?
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 |