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Where does “(s)pénd-os” come from?

(s)pénd-os (Proto-Indo-European) comes from Proto-Indo-European (s)pend- — to stretch.

Ancestry of “(s)pénd-os”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-European(s)pend-to stretch

Words derived from “(s)pénd-os”

  • pound
  • pond
  • ponder
  • pounder
  • imponderable
  • impoundment
  • poundage
  • impound
  • ponderable
  • fishpond
  • millpond
  • pondus
  • pondweed
  • poundal
  • horsepond
  • pondage
  • pondereth
  • funt
  • duckpond
  • poundmaster
  • ponderer
  • ponderance
  • pinder
  • ponderability
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