The story
- Latin · derived fromsplendēns
- Old French · derived fromsplendiant
- Middle English · inherited fromsplendaunt
- English todaysplendent
From Middle English splendaunt, from Old French splendiant, present participle of esplendiier, and esplendent, and Latin splendēns, splendentis, present participle of splendēre (“to shine”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.