Etymology

pendulum

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Today it means: A body suspended from a fixed support so that it swings freely back and forth under the influence of gravity, commonly used to regulate various devices such as clocks. Full definition →

Latin pendulus
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The story

  1. Latin · borrowed frompendulus“hanging”
  2. English todaypendulum

Borrowed from the neuter of Latin pendulus (“hanging”).

Words from the same roots

Latinpendulus all →

pendulous

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