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Where does “dispendour” come from?

dispendour (Middle English) comes from Old French despendour, from Old French despendre, from Latin dispendere, from Latin pendēre, from Latin pendō, from Proto-Italic pendō, from Proto-Indo-European (s)péndeti, from Proto-Indo-European (s)pend- — to stretch.

Ancestry of “dispendour”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchdespendour—
2Old Frenchdespendreto spend
3Latindispendereto weight out; weigh out; to weigh out
4Latinpendēre—
5Latinpendō—
6Proto-Italicpendōhang, put in a hanging position
7Proto-Indo-European(s)péndeti—
8Proto-Indo-European(s)pend-to stretch
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