Where does “expendeth” come from?
expendeth (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.
expendeth (English): third-person singular simple present indicative...
Definitions
- third-person singular simple present indicative...
Ancestry of “expendeth”, step by step
expendeth traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English expend
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | expend | to consume, exhaust; to spend, disburse |
| 2 | Latin | expendō | to weigh |
| 3 | Latin | pendō | to weigh, weigh out |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | pendō | hang, put in a hanging position |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)péndeti | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)pend- | to stretch |
via English eth
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | eth | A letter introduced into Old English to... |