- penchant
[penchant 词源字典]
- penchant: see pendulum
[penchant etymology, penchant origin, 英语词源] - penchant (n.)
- 1670s, from French penchant, noun use of present participle of Old French pencher "to incline," from Vulgar Latin *pendicare, a frequentative formed from Latin pendere "to hang" (see pendant (n.)).