Where does “poundage” come from?
Poundage comes from Middle English pund, from Old French -age, from Latin -aticum, from Latin pondus meaning weight, ultimately from Latin pendere meaning to weigh or hang.
poundage (English): a charge based on the weight of something in...
Definitions
- a charge based on the weight of something in...
Ancestry of “poundage”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Pound | both named after Thaddeus C. Pound |
| 2 | Middle English | pound | A measurement for weight, most notably the Tower... |
| 3 | Old English | pund | pound |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | *pund | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | pundą | pound |
| 6 | Latin | pondus | weight; weight of a pound; heaviness, weight of a... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | pondos | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)pénd-os | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)pend- | to stretch |