Where does “depans” come from?
depans (Mauritian Creole) comes from French dépense, from Middle French despense, from Late Latin dispensa, from Latin dīspendō, from Latin pandō, from Latin pandus, from Latin -us, from Old Latin -os — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...
depans (Mauritian Creole): expense
Definitions
- expense
Ancestry of “depans”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | dépense | expense; expenditure; spending |
| 2 | Middle French | despense | — |
| 3 | Late Latin | dispensa | — |
| 4 | Latin | dīspendō | to dispense, distribute |
| 5 | Latin | pandō | to spread or open (out), extend |
| 6 | Latin | pandus | bend, crooked, curved; bent, crooked |
| 7 | Latin | -us | suffix forming adjectives from nouns, verbs,... |
| 8 | Old Latin | -os | accusative masculine plural of -us |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -os | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -ós | Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting... |