Where does “ponderance” come from?

ponderance (English) comes from Latin ponderans, from Latin pondero, from Latin pondus, from Proto-Italic pondos, from Proto-Indo-European (s)pénd-os, from Proto-Indo-European (s)pend- — to stretch.

ponderance (English): weight; gravity

Definitions

  1. weight; gravity

Ancestry of “ponderance”, step by step

ponderance traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin ponderans

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinponderansweighing; pondering
2LatinponderoI weigh; I ponder, reflect on, weigh up
3Latinpondusweight; weight of a pound; heaviness, weight of a...
4Proto-Italicpondos—
5Proto-Indo-European(s)pénd-os—
6Proto-Indo-European(s)pend-to stretch

via English ponder

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishponderTo wonder, think of deeply
2Middle Englishponderen—
3Old Frenchpondererto weigh, balance, ponder
4Latinponderāre—

Words derived from “ponderance”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)pend- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)pénd-os →Every word from Proto-Italic pondos →