Where does “pentacol” come from?
pentacol (Old French) comes 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.
pentacol (Old French): pendant
Definitions
- pendant
Ancestry of “pentacol”, step by step
pentacol traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Old French pent
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | pent | third-person singular present indicative of... |
| 2 | Old French | pendre | to hang |
| 3 | Latin | pendēre | — |
| 4 | Latin | pendō | to weigh, weigh out |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | pendō | hang, put in a hanging position |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)péndeti | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)pend- | to stretch |
via Old French cōl
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | cōl | neck |
| 2 | Latin | collum | neck, throat; upper stem of a plant; servitude |
| 3 | Latin | -is | suffixed to the root of nouns in composition,... |
| 4 | Latin | -a | suffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -ā | Forms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂ | — |