English word depend comes from Middle French pendre, Middle French de-
Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
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pendre | Middle French (frm) | |
de- | Middle French (frm) | |
dependre | Middle French (frm) | |
depend | English (eng) | (archaic) To be pending; to be undetermined or undecided.. (intransitive, followed by on or upon, formerly also by of) To be contingent or conditioned; to have something as a necessary condition; to hinge on.. (now, literary) To hang down; to be sustained by being fastened or attached to something above.. (intransitive, followed by on or upon) To trust; to have confidence; to rely. |