Where does “penchant” come from?
penchant (French) comes from French pencher, from Old French pengier, from Vulgar Latin pendicare, from Latin pendēre, from Latin pendō, from Proto-Italic pendō, from Proto-Indo-European (s)péndeti, from Proto-Indo-European (s)pend- — to stretch.
penchant (French): penchant; present participle of pencher
Definitions
- penchant; present participle of pencher
Ancestry of “penchant”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | pencher | to tilt, tip up |
| 2 | Old French | pengier | to tilt, be out of line |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | pendicare | present active infinitive of *pendicō |
| 4 | Latin | pendēre | — |
| 5 | Latin | pendō | to weigh, weigh out |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | pendō | hang, put in a hanging position |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)péndeti | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)pend- | to stretch |