Penchant
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late 17th century: from French, ‘leaning, inclining’, present participle of the verb pencher .
wiktionary
Borrowed from French penchant, present participle of pencher(“to tilt, to lean”), from Middle French, from Old French pengier(“to tilt, be out of line”), from Vulgar Latin *pendicāre, a derivative of Latin pendere(“to hang, to lean”).
etymonline
penchant (n.)
"strong inclination," 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, cause to hang" (from PIE root *(s)pen- "to draw, stretch, spin").
