Penchant Definition
pĕnchənt
noun
A strong liking or fondness; inclination; taste.
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penchantsOrigin of Penchant
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Borrowing from French penchant, present participle of pencher (“to tilt, to lean"), from Middle French, from Old French pengier (“to tilt, be out of line"), from Vulgar Latin *pendicāre, a derivative of Latin pendere (“to hang, to lean").
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French from present participle of pencher to incline from Old French from Vulgar Latin pendicāre from Latin pendēre to hang (s)pen- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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