Where does “pension” come from?
pension (Venetian) comes from Latin pensio, from Latin pensus, from Latin pendēre, from Latin pendō, from Proto-Italic pendō, from Proto-Indo-European (s)péndeti, from Proto-Indo-European (s)pend- — to stretch.
pension (Venetian): pension
Ancestry of “pension”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | pensio | payment; instalment; pension |
| 2 | Latin | pensus | paid, suspended, weighed; that which is paid,... |
| 3 | Latin | pendēre | — |
| 4 | Latin | pendō | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | pendō | hang, put in a hanging position |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)péndeti | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)pend- | to stretch |