Where does “pendulette” come from?
pendulette (French) comes from French pendule, from Middle French funependule, from Latin funependulus, from Latin pendulus, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
pendulette (French): small clock
Definitions
- small clock
Ancestry of “pendulette”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | pendule | pendulum; pendulum clock |
| 2 | Middle French | funependule | — |
| 3 | Latin | funependulus | — |
| 4 | Latin | pendulus | hanging, hanging down, pendent, suspended;... |
| 5 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |