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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

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative...

Ancestry of “expendeth”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishexpendto consume, exhaust; to spend, disburse
2Latinexpendō—
3Latinpendō—
4Proto-Italicpendōhang, put in a hanging position
5Proto-Indo-European(s)péndeti—
6Proto-Indo-European(s)pend-to stretch
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