Where does “indispensable” come from?
indispensable (Catalan) comes from English dispensable, from English dispense, from Old French dispenser, from Latin dispensare, from Latin dispendere, from Latin pendēre, from Latin pendō, from Proto-Italic pendō — to stretch.
indispensable (Catalan): indispensable
Definitions
- indispensable
Ancestry of “indispensable”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | dispensable | Able to be done without; able to be expended;... |
| 2 | English | dispense | To issue, distribute, or give out; To apply, as... |
| 3 | Old French | dispenser | — |
| 4 | Latin | dispensare | present active infinitive of dispēnsō;... |
| 5 | Latin | dispendere | to weight out; weigh out; to weigh out |
| 6 | Latin | pendēre | — |
| 7 | Latin | pendō | to weigh, weigh out |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | pendō | hang, put in a hanging position |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)péndeti | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)pend- | to stretch |