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pendulum (n.)
1660, from Modern Latin
pendulum
(1643), noun use of neuter of Latin adjective
pendulus
"hanging down," from
pendere
"to hang" (see
pendant
). The Modern Latin word is perhaps a Latinization of Italian
pendolo
.
