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Where does “dispendere” come from?

dispendere (Latin) comes from Latin pendēre, from Latin pendō, from Proto-Italic pendō, from Proto-Indo-European (s)péndeti, from Proto-Indo-European (s)pend- — to stretch.

dispendere (Latin): to weight out; weigh out; to weigh out

Definitions

  1. to weight out; weigh out; to weigh out

Ancestry of “dispendere”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpendēre—
2Latinpendō—
3Proto-Italicpendōhang, put in a hanging position
4Proto-Indo-European(s)péndeti—
5Proto-Indo-European(s)pend-to stretch

Words derived from “dispendere”

  • dispense
  • dispensable
  • spence
  • dispensability
  • dispenseth
  • dispend
  • dispensest
  • dispensableness
  • undispensable
  • dispender
  • dispensement
  • misdispense
  • redispense
  • dispensus
  • dispensare
  • dispensar
  • dispensa
  • dispensiere
  • dispense
  • dépensier
  • dépense
  • dépenser
  • despesa
  • dispensar
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