Where does “pendere” come from?

pendere (Latin) comes from Latin pendō, from Proto-Italic pendō, from Proto-Indo-European (s)péndeti, from Proto-Indo-European (s)pend- — to stretch.

Ancestry of “pendere”, step by step

pendere traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin pendō

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpendōto weigh, weigh out
2Proto-Italicpendōhang, put in a hanging position
3Proto-Indo-European(s)péndeti—
4Proto-Indo-European(s)pend-to stretch

via Proto-Italic pendēō

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Italicpendēōhang, be hanging

Words derived from “pendere”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)pend- →