Where does “Spenseriana” come from?
Spenseriana (English) comes from English Spenser, from Middle English Spenser, from Middle English spenser, from Old French espensier, from Latin dispensare, from Latin dispendere, from Latin pendēre, from Latin pendō — to stretch.
Spenseriana (English): Objects, materials or documents relating to the poet Edmund Spenser
Definitions
- Objects, materials or documents relating to the poet Edmund Spenser
Ancestry of “Spenseriana”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Spenser | a rare spelling variant of Spencer |
| 2 | Middle English | Spenser | — |
| 3 | Middle English | spenser | spencer |
| 4 | Old French | espensier | — |
| 5 | Latin | dispensare | present active infinitive of dispēnsō;... |
| 6 | Latin | dispendere | to weight out; weigh out; to weigh out |
| 7 | Latin | pendēre | — |
| 8 | Latin | pendō | to weigh, weigh out |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | pendō | hang, put in a hanging position |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)péndeti | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)pend- | to stretch |