Where does “pendre” come from?
pendre (French) comes 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.
pendre (French): to hang; to sag, droop
Definitions
- to hang; to sag, droop
Ancestry of “pendre”, step by step
pendre traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian pendere
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | pendere | to droop; to hang over one's head; to lean,... |
| 2 | Latin | pendēre | — |
| 3 | Latin | pendō | to weigh, weigh out |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | pendō | hang, put in a hanging position |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)péndeti | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)pend- | to stretch |
via Old French pendre
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | pendre | to hang |