Where does “pendente” come from?

pendente (Galician) comes from Latin pendēns, from Latin pendeō, from Proto-Italic pendēō, from Proto-Indo-European (s)pend- — to stretch.

pendente (Galician): pending; leaning, sloped; slope

Definitions

  1. pending; leaning, sloped; slope

Ancestry of “pendente”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpendēnspending
2Latinpendeōto hang (down), to be suspended; hover, overhang, float
3Proto-Italicpendēōhang, be hanging
4Proto-Indo-European(s)pend-to stretch
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)pend- →