Where does “expend” come from?
Expend comes from Latin expendo, composed of the prefix ex- and the root pend-, ultimately deriving from Proto-Indo-European (s)pend-.
expend (English): to consume, exhaust; to spend, disburse
Definitions
- to consume, exhaust; to spend, disburse
Ancestry of “expend”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | expendō | to weigh |
| 2 | Latin | pendō | to weigh, weigh out |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | pendō | hang, put in a hanging position |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)péndeti | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)pend- | to stretch |