Where does “suspense” come from?
suspense (Middle English) comes from Old French suspens, from Latin suspensus, from Latin suspendo, from Latin pendēre, from Latin pendō, from Proto-Italic pendō, from Proto-Indo-European (s)péndeti, from Proto-Indo-European (s)pend- — to stretch.
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Words derived from “suspense”