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Where does “pendulus” come from?

pendulus (Latin) comes from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

pendulus (Latin): hanging, hanging down, pendent, suspended;...

Definitions

  1. hanging, hanging down, pendent, suspended;...

Ancestry of “pendulus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
2Proto-Italic-olos—
3Proto-Italic-elos—
4Proto-Indo-European-e-lós—
5Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

Words derived from “pendulus”

  • pendulum
  • pendulous
  • Pendolino
  • pendulously
  • pendulumlike
  • pendulousness
  • pendula
  • pendulum
  • funependulus
  • penduliflorus
  • pendular
  • péndulo
  • pendolamento
  • pendolarmente
  • archipendolo
  • pendolarità
  • pendolarismo
  • pendulo
  • pendolo
  • pendolare
  • Pendolino
  • пендельтюр
  • pendulaire
  • pendulette
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