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Where does “expenseless” come from?

expenseless (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...

expenseless (English): Without cost or expense

Definitions

  1. Without cost or expense

Ancestry of “expenseless”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishexpenseA spending or consuming, often a disbursement of...
2Middle Englishexpense—
3Old Frenchespense—
4Late Latinexpensanominative feminine singular of expēnsus;...
5Latinexpensusweighed; paid; judged
6Latinexpenderethird-person plural perfect active indicative of...
7LatinexpendoI weigh; I pay out; I judge
8Latinex-out, away; throughout; thoroughly
9LatineThe name of the letter "E"; out of, from
10LatinexA name of the letter "X"; out of, from
11Latincommūnicō—
12Latincommūnis—
13Old Latincom(m)oinis—
14Proto-Italickommoinis—
15Proto-Indo-Europeanḱom-moy-ni-held in common
16Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómbeside, near, by, with
17Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
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