English
Pretendolino
Blend of pretend + Pendolino.
A blend of pretend + Pendolino
Proto-Indo-European *téndeti
Proto-Italic *tendō ‘to stretch’
Latin tendō
Latin praetendō ‘to put forward as an excuse, allege, pretend’
Anglo-Norman pretendre
English pretend
Proto-Indo-European *(s)pn̥d-éh₁ye-ti
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Latin pendeō ‘to hang’
Latin pendulus ‘hanging, hanging down, pendent, suspended’
Italian pendolo ‘pendulum’
Italian Pendolino
English Pendolino
Today it means
name A British Rail Class 90 train with Mark 3 coaching stock formerly used on services normally operated by Pendolinos.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Pretendolino