Where does “expendableness” come from?
expendableness (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.
expendableness (English): The quality of being expendable
Definitions
- The quality of being expendable
Ancestry of “expendableness”, step by step
expendableness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English expendable
| 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 |
via English Ness
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Ness | An Ulster princess and the mother of Conchobar mac Nessa and Findchoem in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology. Daughter of Eochaid Sálbuide. Also the mother of Cormac Cond Longas by incest with Conchobar mac Nessa |
| 2 | Middle English | nesse | — |
| 3 | Old English | næs | not, not at all; not; first/third-person singular... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | nasją | foothill; headland; cape |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | néh₂s | nose |