Where does “suspendre” come from?
suspendre (French) comes from Latin suspendere, from Latin pendēre, from Latin pendō, from Proto-Italic pendō, from Proto-Indo-European (s)péndeti, from Proto-Indo-European (s)pend- — to stretch.
suspendre (French): to suspend
Definitions
- to suspend
Ancestry of “suspendre”, step by step
suspendre traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin suspendere
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | suspendere | third-person plural perfect active indicative of... |
| 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 Latin suspendo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | suspendo | I hang up or suspend |