Where does “dispense” come from?
dispense (Italian) comes from Italian dispensa, from Late Latin dispensa, from Latin dīspendō, from Latin pandō, from Latin pandus, from Latin -us, from Old Latin -os, from Proto-Italic -os — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...
dispense (Italian): plural of dispensa; third-person singular past...
Definitions
- plural of dispensa; third-person singular past...
Ancestry of “dispense”, step by step
dispense traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian dispensa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | dispensa | distribution, handing out; larder, pantry;... |
| 2 | Late Latin | dispensa | — |
| 3 | Latin | dīspendō | to dispense, distribute |
| 4 | Latin | pandō | to spread or open (out), extend |
| 5 | Latin | pandus | bend, crooked, curved; bent, crooked |
| 6 | Latin | -us | suffix forming adjectives from nouns, verbs,... |
| 7 | Old Latin | -os | accusative masculine plural of -us |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -os | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -ós | Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting... |
via Italian dispegnere
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | dispegnere | Variant of spegnere |