Where does “Spenser” come from?
Spenser (Middle English) comes from Middle English spenser, from Old French espensier, from Latin dispensare, from Latin dispendere, from Latin pendēre, from Latin pendō, from Proto-Italic pendō, from Proto-Indo-European (s)péndeti — to stretch.
Ancestry of “Spenser”, step by step
Words derived from “Spenser”