Where does “perpendere” come from?
perpendere (Latin) comes from Latin pendere, from Latin pendo, from Proto-Italic pendō, from Proto-Indo-European (s)péndeti, from Proto-Indo-European (s)pend- — to stretch.
perpendere (Latin): second-person singular future passive indicative...
Definitions
- second-person singular future passive indicative...
Ancestry of “perpendere”, step by step
perpendere traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin pendere
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | pendere | present active infinitive of pendō; second-person... |
| 2 | Latin | pendo | I suspend, hang; I weigh, weigh out; I pay |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | pendō | hang, put in a hanging position |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)péndeti | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)pend- | to stretch |