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...

Definitions

  1. third-person plural future active indicative of...

Ancestry of “pendent”, step by step

pendent traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin pendo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinpendoI suspend, hang; I weigh, weigh out; I pay
2Proto-Italicpendōhang, put in a hanging position
3Proto-Indo-European(s)péndeti—
4Proto-Indo-European(s)pend-to stretch

via Latin pendeo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpendeoto hang (down), to be suspended; hover, overhang, float
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)pend- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)péndeti →Every word from Proto-Italic pendō →