Where does “pentaculum” come from?
pentaculum (Latin) comes from Middle French pentacle, from Old French pentacol, from Old French pent, from Old French pendre, from Latin pendēre, from Latin pendō, from Proto-Italic pendō, from Proto-Indo-European (s)péndeti — to stretch.
pentaculum (Latin): pentacle
Ancestry of “pentaculum”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle French | pentacle | pentacle |
| 2 | Old French | pentacol | pendant |
| 3 | Old French | pent | third-person singular present indicative of... |
| 4 | Old French | pendre | to hang |
| 5 | Latin | pendēre | — |
| 6 | Latin | pendō | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | pendō | hang, put in a hanging position |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)péndeti | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)pend- | to stretch |
Words derived from “pentaculum”