Where does “expender” come from?
expender (English) comes 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.
expender (English): One who expends
Ancestry of “expender”, 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 |