Etymology

pendent

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Today it means: Dangling, drooping, hanging down or suspended. Full definition →

Middle English pendaunt ← Anglo-Norman pendaunt ← Latin pendēns
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  1. Latin · derived frompendēns
  2. Anglo-Norman · derived frompendaunt
  3. Middle English · inherited frompendaunt
  4. English todaypendent

From Middle English pendaunt, Anglo-Norman pendaunt, pendant, respelled to reflect Latin pendēns, pendentis, present participle of pendere (“to hang, to be suspended”). Compare pendant, which retained the spelling.

Words from the same roots

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