Where does “suspenders” come from?
suspenders (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.
suspenders (English): A pair of straps crossing one's shoulders and...
Definitions
- A pair of straps crossing one's shoulders and...
Ancestry of “suspenders”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | suspend | To halt something temporarily; To hold in an... |
| 2 | Old French | sospendre | — |
| 3 | Latin | suspendere | third-person plural perfect active indicative of... |
| 4 | Latin | pendēre | — |
| 5 | Latin | pendō | — |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | pendō | hang, put in a hanging position |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)péndeti | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)pend- | to stretch |