Where does “pentáculo” come from?
pentáculo (Spanish) comes from Latin pentaculum, from Middle French pentacle, from Old French pentacol, from Old French pent, from Old French pendre, from Latin pendēre, from Latin pendō, from Proto-Italic pendō — to stretch.
pentáculo (Spanish): pentacle
Definitions
- pentacle
Ancestry of “pentáculo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | pentaculum | pentacle |
| 2 | Middle French | pentacle | pentacle a talisman of parchment, sheet metal, or other substance, marked with a magic symbol or symbols, used in magical evocation |
| 3 | Old French | pentacol | pendant |
| 4 | Old French | pent | third-person singular present indicative of... |
| 5 | Old French | pendre | to hang |
| 6 | Latin | pendēre | — |
| 7 | Latin | pendō | to weigh, weigh out |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | pendō | hang, put in a hanging position |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)péndeti | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)pend- | to stretch |