plural of dependency; states of relying on or being controlled by someone or something else
From French dépendance, from Latin dependere 'to hang from', from de- 'down' + pendere 'to hang'
Dependencies literally 'hang down' from something else - like how a pendant hangs from a chain, showing the beautiful logic of Latin roots!
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