Where does “spence” come from?
spence (English) comes from Middle English spence, from Middle French despense, from Late Latin dispensa, from Latin dīspendō, from Latin pandō, from Latin pandus, from Latin -us, from Old Latin -os — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...
spence (English): A buttery or pantry
Definitions
- A buttery or pantry
Ancestry of “spence”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | spence | — |
| 2 | Middle French | despense | — |
| 3 | Late Latin | dispensa | — |
| 4 | Latin | dīspendō | to dispense, distribute |
| 5 | Latin | pandō | to spread or open (out), extend |
| 6 | Latin | pandus | bend, crooked, curved; bent, crooked |
| 7 | Latin | -us | suffix forming adjectives from nouns, verbs,... |
| 8 | Old Latin | -os | accusative masculine plural of -us |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -os | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -ós | Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting... |