Where does “pund” come from?

pund (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.

pund (Middle English): pound

Definitions

  1. pound

Ancestry of “pund”, 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 “pund”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)pend- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)pénd-os →Every word from Proto-Italic pondos →