pend

pend · verb, noun¹

1. Latin · derived frompendēre
2. Late Latin · derived frompendĕre
3. Middle French · borrowed frompendre“to hang”
4. English todaypend

Borrowed from Middle French pendre (“to hang”), from Late Latin pendĕre, from Latin pendēre.

pend · verb²

Compare pen (“to shut in”).

pend · verb³

Back-formation from pending.

Words from the same roots

First known use, by meaning

• 15th–19th c. To hang down; to cause something to hang down
• 15th–18th c. To arch over (something); to vault.
• from 15th c. An archway; especially, a vaulted passageway leading through a tenement-style building from the main street, giving access to the rear of the building or an internal courtyard.
• from 20th c. To consider pending; to delay or postpone (something).