Where does “penthouse” come from?
penthouse (Spanish) comes from English penthouse, from Anglo-Norman pentiz, from Old French apendiz, from Latin appendo, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en — in.
penthouse (Spanish): penthouse
Definitions
- penthouse
Ancestry of “penthouse”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | penthouse | An outhouse or other structure attached to the... |
| 2 | Anglo-Norman | pentiz | pentice |
| 3 | Old French | apendiz | appentice |
| 4 | Latin | appendo | I hang or suspend; I weigh out |
| 5 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 6 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 7 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 8 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |