pend

English

/pɛnd/, /pɪnd/

verb
Definitions
  • (obsolete) To hang down.
  • (obsolete) To arch over (something); to vault.
  • To hang; to depend.

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French pendre (hang) derived from Latin pendĕre, pendēre root from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pend- (pull, spin, stretch).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*(s)pend-

Gloss

pull, spin, stretch

Concept
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