Etymograph

English

pendulous

Pendulous comes from Latin pendulus ‘pendant’, from pendeō ‘to hang’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pn̥d-éh₁ye-ti.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*(s)pn̥d-éh₁ye-tisreconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*pendēō‘to hang, to be hanging’reconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpendeō‘to hang’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEpendulus‘pendant’
  5. Englishearliest quotation 1981pendulous

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*(s)pn̥d-éh₁ye-tisreconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*pendēō‘to hang, to be hanging’reconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpendeō‘to hang’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEpendulus‘pendant’
  5. Englishearliest quotation 1981pendulous

Earliest quotation: 1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology: “The prehistorian Andre Leroi-Gourhan has identified it as "a…”

Linked words

through Latin pendeō ‘to hang’

depend, 4 more

Today it means

adj Hanging from, or as if from, a support.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *(s)pn̥d-éh₁ye-ti / pendulous

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