Where does “spendthriftism” come from?
spendthriftism (English) comes from English spendthrift, 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 — to stretch.
spendthriftism (English): The condition of being a spendthrift; profligacy
Definitions
- The condition of being a spendthrift; profligacy
Ancestry of “spendthriftism”, step by step
spendthriftism traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English spendthrift
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | spendthrift | Improvident, profligate, or wasteful; Extravagant... |
| 2 | English | spend | To pay out; To bestow; to employ; often with "on"... |
| 3 | Middle English | spenden | to spend |
| 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 |
via English ism
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ism | An ideology, system of thought, or practice that... |
| 2 | English | -ism | Used to form nouns of action or process or result... |
| 3 | Latin | -ismus | -ism |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -ισμός | Forms abstract nouns |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -μός | Forms abstract nouns |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -mós | Creates action/result nouns from verb stems |