Where does “expensefulness” come from?

expensefulness (English) comes from English expenseful, from English expense, from Middle English expense, from Old French espense, from Late Latin expensa, from Latin expensus, from Latin expendere, from Latin expendo — beside, near, by, with.

expensefulness (English): The quality of being expenseful

Definitions

  1. The quality of being expenseful

Ancestry of “expensefulness”, step by step

expensefulness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English expenseful

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishexpensefulFull of expense; costly; chargeable
2EnglishexpenseA spending or consuming, often a disbursement of...
3Middle Englishexpense
4Old Frenchespense
5Late Latinexpensanominative feminine singular of expēnsus;...
6Latinexpensusweighed; paid; judged
7Latinexpenderethird-person plural perfect active indicative of...
8LatinexpendoI weigh; I pay out; I judge
9Latinex-out, away; throughout; thoroughly
10LatineThe name of the letter "E"; out of, from
11LatinexA name of the letter "X"; out of, from
12Latincommūnicōto impart, share
13Latincommūniscommon, commonplace, ordinary, general, universal, shared, shared alike, of both sides, belonging to two or more together
14Old Latincom(m)oinis
15Proto-Italickommoiniscommon
16Proto-Indo-Europeanḱom-moy-ni-held in common
17Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómbeside, near, by, with

via English Ness

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishNessAn 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
2Middle Englishnesse
3Old Englishnæsnot, not at all; not; first/third-person singular...
4Proto-Germanicnasjąfoothill; headland; cape
5Proto-Indo-Europeannéh₂snose
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱómEvery word from Proto-Indo-European ḱom-moy-ni-Every word from Proto-Italic kommoinis
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