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Where does “suspendee” come from?

suspendee (English) comes from English suspend, from Old French sospendre, from Latin suspendere, from Latin pendēre, from Latin pendō, from Proto-Italic pendō, from Proto-Indo-European (s)péndeti, from Proto-Indo-European (s)pend- — to stretch.

suspendee (English): A person who or thing that is suspended

Definitions

  1. A person who or thing that is suspended

Ancestry of “suspendee”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsuspendTo halt something temporarily; To hold in an...
2Old Frenchsospendre—
3Latinsuspenderethird-person plural perfect active indicative of...
4Latinpendēre—
5Latinpendō—
6Proto-Italicpendōhang, put in a hanging position
7Proto-Indo-European(s)péndeti—
8Proto-Indo-European(s)pend-to stretch
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