Where does “pendant” come from?

pendant (French) comes from French pendre, from Italian pendere, from Latin pendēre, from Latin pendō, from Proto-Italic pendō, from Proto-Indo-European (s)péndeti, from Proto-Indo-European (s)pend- — to stretch.

pendant (French): hanging; stone that dangles on earrings; match,...

Definitions

  1. hanging; stone that dangles on earrings; match,...

Ancestry of “pendant”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchpendreto hang; to sag, droop
2Italianpendereto droop; to hang over one's head; to lean,...
3Latinpendēre—
4Latinpendōto weigh, weigh out
5Proto-Italicpendōhang, put in a hanging position
6Proto-Indo-European(s)péndeti—
7Proto-Indo-European(s)pend-to stretch

Words derived from “pendant”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)pend- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)péndeti →Every word from Proto-Italic pendō →