Where does “dispensement” come from?
dispensement (English) comes from English dispense, from Old French dispenser, from Latin dispensare, from Latin dispendere, from Latin pendēre, from Latin pendō, from Proto-Italic pendō, from Proto-Indo-European (s)péndeti — to stretch.
dispensement (English): dispensation
Definitions
- dispensation
Ancestry of “dispensement”, step by step
dispensement traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English dispense
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | dispense | To issue, distribute, or give out; To apply, as... |
| 2 | Old French | dispenser | — |
| 3 | Latin | dispensare | present active infinitive of dispēnsō;... |
| 4 | Latin | dispendere | to weight out; weigh out; to weigh out |
| 5 | Latin | pendēre | — |
| 6 | Latin | pendō | to weigh, weigh out |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | pendō | hang, put in a hanging position |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)péndeti | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)pend- | to stretch |