pension

/ˈpenʃən/PEN-shuhn

/ˈpɛnʃən/PEN-shuhn

Meaninga payment (weighed out)

Common meaning: a regular payment after retirement

pensto weigh; to hangLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1328 · scan
ionnoun ending: act or result

Journey through time

Latinpendō; pendeō‘to weigh’
Frenchpension
Englishpension‘a regular payment after retirement’ · today

pens also in: depend expend ponder pendant suspend

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

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Origin: Built on Latin pendō; pendeō ‘to weigh; to hang’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry pendō, p. 1328 · dictionary scan

Roots

pendō; pendeō Latin “to weigh; to hang”

Related words

compensate depend expend impending pendant pendulum perpendicular ponder suspend

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