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
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 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 | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | pendō | hang, put in a hanging position |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)péndeti | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)pend- | to stretch |