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

  1. A measurement for weight, most notably the Tower...

Ancestry of “pound”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishpundpound
2Proto-Germanic*pund—
3Proto-Germanicpundąpound
4Latinpondusweight; weight of a pound; heaviness, weight of a...
5Proto-Italicpondos—
6Proto-Indo-European(s)pénd-os—
7Proto-Indo-European(s)pend-to stretch

Words derived from “pound”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)pend- →