WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
-pend-, root.
- -pend- comes from Latin, where it has the meaning "hang;
be suspended or weighed.'' This meaning is found in such words as: append, appendage, appendix, compendium, depend, expend, impending, independent, pendant, pending, pendulous, pendulum, spend, stipend, suspend.
'-pend-' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
antependium
- compendium
- impend
- painter
- pat. pend.
- pend
- pendant
- pendant cloud
- pendency
- pendent
- pending
- pendulous
- pensile
- pension
- pent
- ponder
- propend
- stipend
- suspend
- suspense