Etymology

suspend

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Today it means: To halt something temporarily. Full definition →

Old French sospendre ← Latin suspendere
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  1. Latin · derived fromsuspendere
  2. Old French · derived fromsospendre
  3. English todaysuspend

From Old French sospendre, from Latin suspendere.

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