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Where does “pendere” come from?

pendere (Middle English) comes from Old English pyndere, from Old English pyndan, from Proto-West Germanic *pundijan.

Ancestry of “pendere”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishpyndere—
2Old Englishpyndanto enclose, shut up, dam, impound; pen up
3Proto-West Germanic*pundijan—

Words derived from “pendere”

  • pinder
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