Where does “pent” come from?

pent (Old French) comes 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.

pent (Old French): third-person singular present indicative of...

Definitions

  1. third-person singular present indicative of...

Ancestry of “pent”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchpendreto hang
2Latinpendēre—
3Latinpendōto weigh, weigh out
4Proto-Italicpendōhang, put in a hanging position
5Proto-Indo-European(s)péndeti—
6Proto-Indo-European(s)pend-to stretch

Words derived from “pent”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)pend- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)péndeti →Every word from Proto-Italic pendō →