ponder

The story

1. Latin · derived fromponderāre“to weigh, ponder”
2. Old French · derived fromponderer“to weigh, balance, ponder”
3. Middle English · inherited fromponderen
4. English todayponder

From Middle English ponderen, from Old French ponderer (“to weigh, balance, ponder”) from Latin ponderāre (“to weigh, ponder”), from pondus (“weight”), from pendere (“to weigh”); see pendent and pound.