Where does “pentu” come from?

pentu (French) comes from French pente, from Latin pendere, from Latin pendo, from Proto-Italic pendō, from Proto-Indo-European (s)péndeti, from Proto-Indo-European (s)pend- — to stretch.

pentu (French): sloping, slopy

Definitions

  1. sloping, slopy

Ancestry of “pentu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchpenteslope
2Latinpenderepresent active infinitive of pendō; second-person...
3LatinpendoI suspend, hang; I weigh, weigh out; I pay
4Proto-Italicpendōhang, put in a hanging position
5Proto-Indo-European(s)péndeti—
6Proto-Indo-European(s)pend-to stretch
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