Where does “pendulare” come from?
pendulare (Romanian) comes from Romanian pendula, from Romanian pendul, from French pendule, from Middle French funependule, from Latin funependulus, from Latin pendulus, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
pendulare (Romanian): oscillation
Definitions
- oscillation
Ancestry of “pendulare”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | pendula | to pendulate |
| 2 | Romanian | pendul | pendulum |
| 3 | French | pendule | pendulum; pendulum clock |
| 4 | Middle French | funependule | — |
| 5 | Latin | funependulus | — |
| 6 | Latin | pendulus | hanging, hanging down, pendent, suspended;... |
| 7 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |