pend / pens
to hang; to weigh
Latin · pendere / pensus
Latin pendere means to hang or to weigh. Words with pend and pens are about hanging or weighing: depend hangs from, suspend hangs up, a pendulum swings, expense is a payment weighed out.
Memory trick
Pend: a pendant hangs from a chain around your neck.
Words from this root
- pendant (pend + ant) — a jewel that hangs on a chainलटकन
- pending (pend + ing) — hanging, not yet decidedलंबित
- pendulum (pend + ulum) — a weight that hangs and swingsलोलक
- suspend (sus + pend) — to hang up, delayनिलंबित करना
- suspense (sus + pense) — a hanging state of waitingरोमांचक प्रतीक्षा
- depend (de + pend) — to hang from, relyनिर्भर होना
- dependent (de + pend + ent) — hanging on anotherआश्रित
- independent (in + de + pend + ent) — not hanging on othersस्वतंत्र
- independence (in + de + pend + ence) — freedom from controlस्वतंत्रता
- expend (ex + pend) — to weigh out, spendख़र्च करना
- expense (ex + pense) — a cost weighed outख़र्च
- compensate (com + pens + ate) — to weigh against, repayमुआवज़ा देना
- appendix (ap + pend + ix) — something hung on at the endपरिशिष्ट
- dispense (dis + pense) — to weigh out and giveबाँटना
- pension (pens + ion) — money weighed out regularlyपेंशन