Etymology

pendulous

pen·du·lous
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Today it means: Hanging from, or as if from, a support. Full definition →

Latin pendulus
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  1. Latin · borrowed frompendulus“pendant”
  2. English todaypendulous

Borrowed from Latin pendulus (“pendant”), from pendeō (“to hang”).

Words from the same roots

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