Where does “pente” come from?
pente (French) comes from Latin pendere, from Latin pendo, from Proto-Italic pendō, from Proto-Indo-European (s)péndeti, from Proto-Indo-European (s)pend- — to stretch.
pente (French): slope
Definitions
- slope
Ancestry of “pente”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | pendere | present active infinitive of pendō; second-person... |
| 2 | Latin | pendo | I suspend, hang; I weigh, weigh out; I pay |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | pendō | hang, put in a hanging position |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)péndeti | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)pend- | to stretch |