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
- The quality of being expenseful
Ancestry of “expensefulness”, step by step
expensefulness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English expenseful
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | expenseful | Full of expense; costly; chargeable |
| 2 | English | expense | A spending or consuming, often a disbursement of... |
| 3 | Middle English | expense | — |
| 4 | Old French | espense | — |
| 5 | Late Latin | expensa | nominative feminine singular of expēnsus;... |
| 6 | Latin | expensus | weighed; paid; judged |
| 7 | Latin | expendere | third-person plural perfect active indicative of... |
| 8 | Latin | expendo | I weigh; I pay out; I judge |
| 9 | Latin | ex- | out, away; throughout; thoroughly |
| 10 | Latin | e | The name of the letter "E"; out of, from |
| 11 | Latin | ex | A name of the letter "X"; out of, from |
| 12 | Latin | commūnicō | to impart, share |
| 13 | Latin | commūnis | common, commonplace, ordinary, general, universal, shared, shared alike, of both sides, belonging to two or more together |
| 14 | Old Latin | com(m)oinis | — |
| 15 | Proto-Italic | kommoinis | common |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱom-moy-ni- | held in common |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
via English Ness
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Ness | An 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 |
| 2 | Middle English | nesse | — |
| 3 | Old English | næs | not, not at all; not; first/third-person singular... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | nasją | foothill; headland; cape |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | néh₂s | nose |