Where does “pendens” come from?
pendens (Latin) comes from Latin pendeō, from Proto-Italic pendēō, from Proto-Indo-European (s)pend- — to stretch.
Ancestry of “pendens”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | pendeō | — |
| 2 | Proto-Italic | pendēō | hang, be hanging |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)pend- | to stretch |