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− It is an anglicized form of French [[m|fr|pendant|t=during; literally hanging]], the present participle of pendre, to hang,^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986)^(NODE 1998) with the English ending [[-ing]].^(Barnhart 1988)^(MWU 2024) The use is modelled on Latin pendente, hanging, undecided, as in the legal phrase pendente lite, while the suit is pending,^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline) from pendēre, to hang (from PIE *(s)pen-, to draw, stretch).^(Etymonline)