Where does “expendable” come from?
Expendable comes from English expend, from Latin expendo meaning "to weigh out or pay out," from the prefix ex- and the root (s)pend- meaning "to stretch or extend."
expendable (English): Able to be expended; not inexhaustible; Designed...
Definitions
- Able to be expended; not inexhaustible; Designed...
Ancestry of “expendable”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | expend | to consume, exhaust; to spend, disburse |
| 2 | Latin | expendō | — |
| 3 | Latin | pendō | — |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | pendō | hang, put in a hanging position |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)péndeti | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)pend- | to stretch |
Words derived from “expendable”