Where does “pêndulo” come from?

pêndulo (Portuguese) comes from Latin pendulum, from Latin pendēre, from Latin pendō, from Proto-Italic pendō, from Proto-Indo-European (s)péndeti, from Proto-Indo-European (s)pend- — to stretch.

pêndulo (Portuguese): pendulum body suspended from a fixed support

Definitions

  1. pendulum body suspended from a fixed support

Ancestry of “pêndulo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpendulumnominative neuter singular of pendulus;...
2Latinpendēre—
3Latinpendōto weigh, weigh out
4Proto-Italicpendōhang, put in a hanging position
5Proto-Indo-European(s)péndeti—
6Proto-Indo-European(s)pend-to stretch
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)pend- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)péndeti →Every word from Proto-Italic pendō →