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
Ancestry of “expenseless”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 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 | — |
| 12 | Latin | commūnis | — |
| 13 | Old Latin | com(m)oinis | — |
| 14 | Proto-Italic | kommoinis | — |
| 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... |