Etymology of the English word suspend
the English word
suspendderived from the Old French word
suspendrederived from the Latin word
suspendere (hang up, suspend)
using the Latin prefix
sub-derived from the Late Latin word
sub (under)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*upoderived from the Latin word
pendere (hang, hang down; depend; weigh out; pay, pay out)
Date
The earliest known usage of suspend in English dates from the 13th century.
Derivations in English
suspended,
suspendingCognates
Dutch
suspenderen, French
suspendre, German
suspendieren, Italian
sospendere, Norwegian
suspendere, Spanish
suspender, Swedish
suspenderaUsage
Word found in Modern English
