Where does “pendent” come from?
pendent (Latin) comes from Latin pendo, from Proto-Italic pendō, from Proto-Indo-European (s)péndeti, from Proto-Indo-European (s)pend- — to stretch.
pendent (Latin): third-person plural future active indicative of...
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Ancestry of “pendent”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | pendo | I suspend, hang; I weigh, weigh out; I pay |
| 2 | Proto-Italic | pendō | hang, put in a hanging position |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)péndeti | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)pend- | to stretch |