题目

pendant词根词源?

提问时间：2021-03-01

答案

pendant (n.)
early 14c., "loose, hanging part of anything," from Anglo-French pendaunt "hanging" (c.1300), Old French pendant (13c.), noun use of present participle of pendre "to hang," from Latin pendere "to hang," .Meaning "dangling part of an earring" is attested from 1550s. Nautical sense of "tapering flag" is recorded from late 15c. "In this sense presumably a corruption of pennon" [OED牛津英语大辞典].
吊坠(n).
早期的14世纪表示”宽松的,挂东西的部分,“从诺曼时代英国所用的法语pendaunt“挂”(c.1300)、古法语吊坠(13世纪)演化而来,是现在分词pendre“挂”的名词用法,从拉丁语pendere“挂”演化而来.“耳环的晃来晃去的部分”这一意义是从1550年代出现的.航海意义“圆锥形国旗”是从15世纪晚期出现的.在这个意义上也可能表示腐败的旗帜[牛津大辞典].