Where does “dispensableness” come from?
dispensableness (English) 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.
dispensableness (English): The quality of being dispensable
Definitions
- The quality of being dispensable
Ancestry of “dispensableness”, step by step
dispensableness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English dispensable
| 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 |
via English Ness
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Ness | An Ulster princess and the mother of Conchobar mac Nessa and Findchoem in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology. Daughter of Eochaid Sálbuide. Also the mother of Cormac Cond Longas by incest with Conchobar mac Nessa |
| 2 | Middle English | nesse | — |
| 3 | Old English | næs | not, not at all; not; first/third-person singular... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | nasją | foothill; headland; cape |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | néh₂s | nose |