pendant (n.)
early 14c., "loose, hanging part of anything," from Anglo-French pendaunt "hanging" (c.1300), Old French pendant (13c.), noun use of present participle of pendre "to hang," from Latin pendere "to hang," .Meaning "dangling part of an earring" is attested from 1550s. Nautical sense of "tapering flag" is recorded from late 15c. "In this sense presumably a corruption of pennon" [OED牛津英語大辭典].
吊墜(n).
早期的14世紀(jì)表示”寬松的,掛東西的部分,“從諾曼時代英國所用的法語pendaunt“掛”(c.1300)、古法語吊墜(13世紀(jì))演化而來,是現(xiàn)在分詞pendre“掛”的名詞用法,從拉丁語pendere“掛”演化而來.“耳環(huán)的晃來晃去的部分”這一意義是從1550年代出現(xiàn)的.航海意義“圓錐形國旗”是從15世紀(jì)晚期出現(xiàn)的.在這個意義上也可能表示腐敗的旗幟[牛津大辭典].