Where does “Spencean” come from?
Spencean (English) comes from English spence, from Middle English spence, from Middle French despense, from Late Latin dispensa, from Latin dīspendō, from Latin pandō, from Latin pandus, from Latin -us — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...
Spencean (English): Of or relating to Thomas Spence (1750–1814), English radical and advocate of the common ownership of land and a democratic equality of the sexes
Definitions
- Of or relating to Thomas Spence (1750–1814), English radical and advocate of the common ownership of land and a democratic equality of the sexes
Ancestry of “Spencean”, step by step
Spencean traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English spence
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | spence | A buttery or pantry |
| 2 | Middle English | spence | — |
| 3 | Middle French | despense | — |
| 4 | Late Latin | dispensa | — |
| 5 | Latin | dīspendō | to dispense, distribute |
| 6 | Latin | pandō | to spread or open (out), extend |
| 7 | Latin | pandus | bend, crooked, curved; bent, crooked |
| 8 | Latin | -us | suffix forming adjectives from nouns, verbs,... |
| 9 | Old Latin | -os | accusative masculine plural of -us |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | -os | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -ós | Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting... |