suspension

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*(s)pénd-e-ti
2. Proto-Italic · derived from*pendō“to hang, to put in a hanging position”
3. Late Latin · borrowed fromsuspensiōnem“arching, vaulting; suspension”
4. English todaysuspension

Borrowed from Late Latin suspensiōnem (“arching, vaulting; suspension”), from suspendēre (“to hang up, to suspend”), from sub- (“under”) + pendere (“to hang, to suspend”), from Proto-Italic *pendō (“to hang, to put in a hanging position”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pénd-e-ti, from *(s)pend- (“to pull; to spin”)). Compare Anglo-Norman suspensiun, French suspension, Occitan suspensio.