http://wordie.org/words/penchant Comments for the word 'Penchant' http://wordie.org http://wordie.org/words/penchant#comments 1672, from Fr. penchant, properly the prp. of O.Fr. pencher "to incline," from V.L. *pendicare, a frequentative formed from L. pendere "to hang" (see <a href="/words/pendant">pendant</a>). Thu, 18 Oct 2007 04:27:26 +0000 http://wordie.org/words/penchant#comments