- impend
[impend 词源字典]
- impend: see pendulum
[impend etymology, impend origin, 英语词源] - impend (v.)
- 1590s, from figurative use of Latin impendere "to hang over, to be imminent," from assimilated form of in- "into, in, on, upon" (see in- (2)) + pendere "hang" (see pendant). Related: Impended; impending.