Where does “dispensably” come from?
dispensably (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.
dispensably (English): Such that it could be dispensed with; optionally; non-essentially
Definitions
- Such that it could be dispensed with; optionally; non-essentially
Ancestry of “dispensably”, step by step
dispensably 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 |