Where does “despesa” come from?

despesa (Catalan) comes from Catalan despendre, from Latin dīspendō, from Latin pandō, from Latin pandus, from Latin -us, from Old Latin -os, from Proto-Italic -os, from Proto-Indo-European -ós — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...

despesa (Catalan): expenditure, expense

Definitions

  1. expenditure, expense

Ancestry of “despesa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalandespendreto spend; to invest, to dedicate
2Latindīspendōto dispense, distribute
3Latinpandōto spread or open (out), extend
4Latinpandusbend, crooked, curved; bent, crooked
5Latin-ussuffix forming adjectives from nouns, verbs,...
6Old Latin-osaccusative masculine plural of -us
7Proto-Italic-os
8Proto-Indo-European-ósCreates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ósEvery word from Latin -usEvery word from Latin pandus