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Etymology Word of the Week

Director of Admissions Pat O'Rourke '90, a self-proclaimed "word nerd," brings you his Etymology Word of the Week. Every other week he presents an online Etymology lesson just for fun!

Etymology Word of the Week – As some of you know, in addition to working in the Admissions Office, I also teach Latin at Saint Ignatius and am something of a "word nerd."  Thus, each week, I’ll sneak a vocabulary word (sometimes derived from Latin, sometimes not) into the e-blast.  Here then is this week’s edition of the Etymology Word of the Week.

Pendant


Definition: “a hanging ornament, as an earring or the main piece suspended from a necklace.”  

Origin/Derivation: From the Latin verb pendere meaning “to hang”; also related to the Latin verb pensare meaning “to weigh, consider."

Related Words/Phrases: appendage, compensate, depend, dispense, expensive, impending, pending, pendulum, pensive, perpendicular, propensity, stipend, suspension

(All information is from www.wikipedia.org, www.etymonline.com and/or www.dictionary.com)


“Old Saw” of the Week:
See if you can “complete the phrase” of this time-worn (but true!) adage:

“A stitch, in time, …

...saves nine”

Caption: Popular (and punny) name for fabric & craft stores