pendulum的词源

英文词源

pendulum

pendulum: [17] A pendulum is etymologically simply something that ‘hangs’. It is a noun use of the neuter form of the Latin adjective pendulus ‘hanging’ (source of English pendulous [18]). This was a derivative of the verb pendēre ‘hang’, which has contributed a wide range of words to English, among them penchant [17], pendant [14], pendent [15], pending [17], and penthouse, and derived forms such as append [15], appendix [16], depend, impend [16], perpendicular [14], and suspend.
=> append, appendix, depend, impend, penchant, pendant, pendent, penthouse, perpendicular, suspend

pendulum (n.)

1660, from Modern Latin pendulum (1643), noun use of neuter of Latin adjective pendulus "hanging down," from pendere "to hang" (see pendant). The Modern Latin word is perhaps a Latinization of Italian pendolo.

中文词源

pendulum：摆，钟摆   

来源于拉丁语中由动词pendere(悬挂,下垂)派生的形容词pendulus, pendula, pendulum(悬挂的,不确定的)。

词根词缀： -pend-悬挂 + ulum

该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：pendulum 词源，pendulum 含义。

pendulum：钟摆

来自拉丁语pendulum,悬挂物，来自拉丁语pendere,悬挂，称量，支付，来自PIE*spend,*spen,拉，伸，词源同dependent,pension.