Where does “nonspending” come from?
nonspending (English) comes from English spending, from Middle English spendyng, from Old English spendung, from Old English spendan, from Proto-West Germanic spendōn, from Latin expendō, from Latin pendō, from Proto-Italic pendō — to stretch.
nonspending (English): Not spending money
Definitions
- Not spending money
Ancestry of “nonspending”, step by step
nonspending traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English spending
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | spending | gerund of spend, expenditure; An amount that has... |
| 2 | Middle English | spendyng | — |
| 3 | Old English | spendung | spending |
| 4 | Old English | spendan | to spend |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | spendōn | to spend |
| 6 | Latin | expendō | to weigh |
| 7 | Latin | pendō | to weigh, weigh out |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | pendō | hang, put in a hanging position |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)péndeti | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)pend- | to stretch |