Where does “expensable” come from?
expensable (English) comes from English expense, from Middle English expense, from Old French espense, from Late Latin expensa, from Latin expensus, from Latin expendere, from Latin expendo, from Latin ex- — Deictic particle, here; Post-positional...
expensable (English): Eligible to be claimed as a business expense
Definitions
- Eligible to be claimed as a business expense
Ancestry of “expensable”, step by step
expensable traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English expense
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | expense | A spending or consuming, often a disbursement of... |
| 2 | Middle English | expense | — |
| 3 | Old French | espense | — |
| 4 | Late Latin | expensa | nominative feminine singular of expēnsus;... |
| 5 | Latin | expensus | weighed; paid; judged |
| 6 | Latin | expendere | third-person plural perfect active indicative of... |
| 7 | Latin | expendo | I weigh; I pay out; I judge |
| 8 | Latin | ex- | out, away; throughout; thoroughly |
| 9 | Latin | e | The name of the letter "E"; out of, from |
| 10 | Latin | ex | A name of the letter "X"; out of, from |
| 11 | Latin | commūnicō | to impart, share |
| 12 | Latin | commūnis | common, commonplace, ordinary, general, universal, shared, shared alike, of both sides, belonging to two or more together |
| 13 | Old Latin | com(m)oinis | — |
| 14 | Proto-Italic | kommoinis | common |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱom-moy-ni- | held in common |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
via English able
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | able | Easy to use; Suitable; competent; Liable to |
| 2 | Middle English | able | capable, expert, qualified, skilful, competent |
| 3 | Old French | able | able; capable |
| 4 | Latin | habilis | able to have/possess/maintain; having sufficient... |
| 5 | Latin | -ilis | -ile |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -elis | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -elis | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |