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