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Where does “spendest” come from?

spendest (English) comes from English spend, from Middle English spenden, from Old English spendan, from Proto-West Germanic spendōn, from Latin expendō, from Latin pendō, from Proto-Italic pendō, from Proto-Indo-European (s)péndeti — to stretch.

spendest (English): second-person singular simple present form of...

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Ancestry of “spendest”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishspendTo pay out; To bestow; to employ; often with "on"...
2Middle Englishspenden—
3Old Englishspendanto spend
4Proto-West Germanicspendōnto spend
5Latinexpendō—
6Latinpendō—
7Proto-Italicpendōhang, put in a hanging position
8Proto-Indo-European(s)péndeti—
9Proto-Indo-European(s)pend-to stretch
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