Where does “spend” come from?

Spend comes from Middle English spenden, from Old English spendan, from Proto-West Germanic spendōn, from Latin expendere, composed of the prefix ex- and an unattested root.

spend (English): To pay out; To bestow; to employ; often with "on"...

Definitions

  1. To pay out; To bestow; to employ; often with "on"...

Ancestry of “spend”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishspendento spend
2Old Englishspendanto spend
3Proto-West Germanicspendōnto spend
4Latinexpendōto weigh
5Latinpendōto weigh, weigh out
6Proto-Italicpendōhang, put in a hanging position
7Proto-Indo-European(s)péndeti
8Proto-Indo-European(s)pend-to stretch

Words derived from “spend

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)pend-