Where does “expendability” come from?
expendability (English) comes from English expendable, from English expend, from Latin expendō, from Latin pendō, from Proto-Italic pendō, from Proto-Indo-European (s)péndeti, from Proto-Indo-European (s)pend- — to stretch.
expendability (English): The state or quality of being expendable
Definitions
- The state or quality of being expendable
Ancestry of “expendability”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | expendable | Able to be expended; not inexhaustible; Designed... |
| 2 | English | expend | to consume, exhaust; to spend, disburse |
| 3 | Latin | expendō | to weigh |
| 4 | Latin | pendō | to weigh, weigh out |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | pendō | hang, put in a hanging position |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)péndeti | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)pend- | to stretch |