noun
Origin: ME pendaunt < OFr pendant, prp. of pendre < L pendere, to hang < IE base *(s)pen(d)-, to pull, stretch > spin
adjective
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See pendant in American Heritage Dictionary 4
also pen·dent
nounOrigin:
Origin: Middle English pendaunt
Origin: , from Old French pendant
Origin: , from present participle of pendre, to hang
Origin: , from Vulgar Latin *pendere
Origin: , from Latin pendēre; see (s)pen- in Indo-European roots
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