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pend- root words — words with the pend- root

The root pend- comes from Latin pendo, meaning hang, weigh. 80 words in Dendril are built from it, including depend, depended, depending, depends, expense, expensive, independent, independently, spend, spending, spends, spent. Dendril shows them on a free interactive word map — no signup, no ads.

Words that use the pend- root

Explore words with pend- — words containing the pend- root and sharing its sense of "hang, weigh". Examples include depend, depended, depending, depends, expense, expensive, independent, independently, spend, spending, spends, spent. Click any word to see its own roots, definition, and related words.

The pend- root means hang, weigh, from Latin pendo. Recognizing it helps you decode and remember the many English words built on this root.