Where does “indispensabile” come from?
indispensabile (Italian) comes from Italian dispensabile, from Italian dispensare, from Latin dispenso, from Latin pensō, from Latin pendō, from Proto-Italic pendō, from Proto-Indo-European (s)péndeti, from Proto-Indo-European (s)pend- — to stretch.
indispensabile (Italian): essential, necessary, indispensable, crucial,...
Definitions
- essential, necessary, indispensable, crucial,...
Ancestry of “indispensabile”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | dispensabile | dispensable |
| 2 | Italian | dispensare | to dispense, to let off, to exempt; to dispense,... |
| 3 | Latin | dispenso | I dispense, distribute; I manage |
| 4 | Latin | pensō | to ponder, consider |
| 5 | Latin | pendō | to weigh, weigh out |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | pendō | hang, put in a hanging position |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)péndeti | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)pend- | to stretch |