The story
- Latin · derived frompendere“to weigh”
- Late Latin · derived frompendiculus“cord, noose”
- Medieval Latin · derived frompendiculum“appendage”
- English todaypendicle
From Middle English, probably from Medieval Latin pendiculum (“appendage”), from Late Latin pendiculus (“cord, noose”), from Latin pendere (“to weigh”).
Words from the same roots
Latinpendere all →
penchantpoisependprependpendeloque
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.