Where does “pound” come from?
pound (Middle English) comes from Old English pund, from Proto-Germanic *pund, from Proto-Germanic pundą, from Latin pondus, from Proto-Italic pondos, from Proto-Indo-European (s)pénd-os, from Proto-Indo-European (s)pend- — to stretch.
pound (Middle English): A measurement for weight, most notably the Tower...
Definitions
- A measurement for weight, most notably the Tower...
Ancestry of “pound”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old English | pund | pound |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | *pund | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | pundą | pound |
| 4 | Latin | pondus | weight; weight of a pound; heaviness, weight of a... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | pondos | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)pénd-os | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)pend- | to stretch |
Words derived from “pound”