Where does “forspenden” come from?
forspenden (Middle English) comes from Old English forspendan, from Old English spendan, from Proto-West Germanic spendōn, from Latin expendō, from Latin pendō, from Proto-Italic pendō, from Proto-Indo-European (s)péndeti, from Proto-Indo-European (s)pend- — to stretch.
Ancestry of “forspenden”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old English | forspendan | to spend utterly; spend away, consume, exhaust... |
| 2 | Old English | spendan | to spend |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | spendōn | to spend |
| 4 | Latin | expendō | to weigh |
| 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 |