Where does “suspend” come from?
Suspend comes from Old French sospendre, from Latin suspendo meaning to hang up, itself from Latin pendo meaning to hang, with the prefix sub- meaning under, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European roots (s)pend- and upo and h₃ewp-.
suspend (English): To halt something temporarily; To hold in an...
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- To halt something temporarily; To hold in an...
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